What is pollination?

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What is pollination?

Answer 1

I'll tell ya.....wen an insect...bee...or ne other creature sits on a flower n sucks :) nectar out of it..some of the pollen on the flower...(litle partilcles on the flower) get stuck on to the insect...they'r kinda sticky....now after it gets stuck to them...the insect obvsly goes to another plant to get more nectar....now when it sits on that flower the pollen on it's body gets transfered onto that flower......

Now pollination takes place only if both the flowers r of the same species.....peace...hope u understand....

Answer 2

Pollination is an important step in the reproduction of seed plants: the transfer of pollen grains (containing the male gametes, sperm) to the plant carpel of flowering plants, the structure that contains the ovule (which in turn houses the female gamete(s)), or directly to the ovule itself in gymnosperms. The receptive part of the carpel is called a stigma in the flowers of angiosperms. The receptive part of the gymnosperm ovule is called the micropyle. The study of pollination brings together many disciplines, such as botany, horticulture, entomology, and ecology. Pollination is important in horticulture because most plant fruits will not develop if the ovules are not fertilized. The pollination process as interaction between flower and vector was first addressed in the 18th century by Christian Konrad Sprengel.

Answer 3

I'm not really sure how to explain it right, but i found a great website-:D

Pollination:  The transfer of pollen from the anthers of a flower to the stigma of the same flower or of another flower.  Pollination is a prerequisite for fertilization: the fusion of nuclei from the pollen grain with nuclei in the ovule.  Fertilization allows the flower to develop seeds.  

Some flowers will develop seeds as a result of self-pollination, when pollen and pistil are from the same plant, often (but not always) from the same flower.    Other plants require cross-pollination:  pollen and pistil must be from different plants.

Most plants need help moving pollen from one flower to the pistil of another.  Wind moves the pollen for some plants such as grasses like corn.  Animal pollinators move pollen for many other flowering plants.

Pollinator:  An animal that moves pollen from the anthers to the stigmas of flowers, thus effecting pollination.  Animals that are known to be good pollinators of flowers include bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, moths, some flies, some wasps, and nectar feeding bats.  

What are the benefits?  Plants benefit from pollinators because the movement of pollen allows them to reproduce by setting seeds.  However, pollinators don't know or care that the plant benefits.  They pollinate to get nectar and/or pollen from flowers to meet their energy requirements and to produce offspring.  In the economy of nature, the pollinators provide an important service to flowering plants, while the plants pay with food for the pollinators and their offspring.