Archive | Pollination

In this article, we will discuss about the contrivances for cross pollination and self pollination. In order that a seed may be set, the male and the female elements must come together. The male element is contained within the microspore (pollen) which develops as the male gametophyte while the female element is contained within the embryosac which is the female [...]

In this article, we will discuss about the three agents for pollination. They are: (1) Anemophily (2) Zoophily and (3) Hydrophily. It has already been stated that pollination, in a vast majority of cases, involves some agent. The usual agents are wind, animals and water. Accordingly, the types of pollination are anemophily or anemogamy (anemos==wind), zoophily or zoidiophily or zoogamy [...]