HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

FRUIT SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How do animals help disperse seeds?
A
Wind
B
They are farmers
C
They eat fruits
D
Fire
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Animals help in pollination and seed dispersal. Animals disperse seeds by carryng them on their body or by eating the fruit of a plant and disposing the seeds at some other location as they move.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples include mangoes, guavas, breadfruit, carob, and several fig species. In South Africa, a desert melon (Cucumis humifructus) participates in a symbiotic relationship with aardvarks-the animals eat the fruit for its water content and bury their own dung, which contains the seeds, near their burrows.

Detailed explanation-3: -Animals can disperse plant seeds in several ways, all named zoochory. Seeds can be transported on the outside of vertebrate animals (mostly mammals), a process known as epizoochory.

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