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Question
What is cross pollination?
Answer in Brief
Solution
- Pollen grains are transferred from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower of the same kind or different plant.
- Plants need to produce pollen grains in larger quantities to increase the chance of pollination.
- Cross pollination does introduce variations in characteristics of new plants.
- Cross pollination is brought about by agencies like wind, water, animals and Insects of plums, apples.
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