HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

PLANT BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Wind-pollinated flowers usually have ____ and ____ petals.
A
big ____ bright
B
small ____ bright
C
big ____ dull
D
small ____ dull
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Wind pollinated flowers have small and dull petals. They don’t have a sweet scent and bright coloured petals to attract insects. Wind pollinated plants produce more pollen to increase the chances of pollination.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wind Pollination Wind pollinator flowers may be small, no petals, and no special colors, odors, or nectar. These plants produce enormous numbers of small pollen grains. For this reason, wind-pollinated plants may be allergens, but seldom are animal-pollinated plants allergenic.

Detailed explanation-3: -These flowers are not attractive, non-scented and colorless because here there is no use of color and scent which is usually required to attract flies, bees, other insects etc. These flowers do not possess nectar. Hence, the correct answer is option (B), wind pollinated flowers are small, non-scented and colorless.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wind pollinated plants are adapted in a way so that they can allow the wind to transfer their pollen grains from anther to stigma. These types of plants are not brightly coloured and are very dull because these features of plants are useless in case of wind pollination.

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