NEET BIOLOGY

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: -In the tropics and deserts, bats are often the pollinators of nocturnal flowers such as agave, guava, and morning glory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pollination Process by Bats These fruit-eating bats fly to plants to drink or feed on nectar from flowers. In doing so, pollens from the flower stick to the hairs on the bat’s body. The bat then flies to find other fruits and flowers, thereby transferring the pollen from the bat’s body to the new plant.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.