DENDROLOGY

DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY

FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is NOT a way that plants attract pollinators?
A
Color
B
Shape/Structure
C
Smell
D
xylem
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants avoid self-pollination by employing the following strategies: i) Incompatibility, which involves stamen and pistil maturing at opposite periods. ii) By developing blooms that are unisexual. iii) Pollen release and stigma receptivity do not occur at the same time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some vegetables are self-pollinating meaning they do not need the assistance of bees or other insects or the wind for pollination and the production of fruit. Self-pollinating vegetables include tomatoes, green peppers, and chili peppers, eggplants, green beans, lima beans, sweet peas, and peanuts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Autogamy. It is a type of self-pollination where the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma takes place within the same flower. Geitonogamy. Xenogamy. Pollinating Agents. Further Reading: 17-Oct-2020

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