PLANTS
PLANT REPRODUCTION
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Question
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Pollinators are the best way to pollinate plants.
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There are many ways for plants to reproduce.
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Water is the quickest way for seeds to move.
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Spores use wind to reproduce.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many people are unaware that over 500 plant species rely on bats to pollinate their flowers, including species of mango, banana, durian, guava and agave (used to make tequila). So, next time you drink some tequila or eat a mango, say thanks to the bats! The pollination of plants by bats is called chiropterophily.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pollination by bats is called chiropterophily.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most conifers and about 12% of the world’s flowering plants are wind-pollinated. Wind pollinated plants include grasses and their cultivated cousins, the cereal crops, many trees, the infamous allergenic ragweeds, and others. All release billions of pollen grains into the air so that a lucky few will hit their targets.
Detailed explanation-4: -“Bats get pollen on their faces and bodies and go to the next flower. That is how cross pollination happens, ” Watson said. Mexican long-nose bats visit up to 30 flowers each night, feeding and transporting pollen.