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Answer the following question.
What is pollination? Explain the different types of pollination.
What is meant by pollination?
Solution 1
The transfer of pollen grains from anther to stigma is known as pollination.
It is of two types:-
- Self-pollination:-It is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the same flower or another flower on the same plant.
- Cross-pollination:-It is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the flower present on two different plants.
Solution 2
Pollination is the process of transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the flower.
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