Which of the following are the important floral rewards to the animal pollinators?
Which of the following are the important floral rewards to the animal pollinators?
The correct option is D Nectar and pollen grains
Pollination through the agency of animals is called zoophily. The most common type of animal pollinators are insects (entomophily). Others can be birds (ornithophily), bats (chiropterophily), snails (malacophily), humans, etc.
The animal pollinated flowers have some particular characteristics in common like large (if the flowers are small in size or inconspicuous, they cluster together into an inflorescence to make them conspicuous) and brightly coloured flowers (in plants pollinated by bats, they are dull coloured), they secrete specific odours depending on the pollinator to attract them. These are some of the mechanisms that plants employ to attract pollinators.
Floral fragrance, size and colour are mechanisms employed by plants to attract specific pollinators.
Calcium crystals in microscopic forms are found in plant tissues as a defence mechanism against herbivory (the consumption of plants and plant materials by animals).
Protein pellicle in pollen tubes helps in the pollen-pistil interaction in many plants.
The stigmatic exudes are oily, mucilaginous and sticky substances that help in the process of adherence of pollen grains to stigma. It is a mechanism for the success of pollination.
The floral rewards include mostly nectar and edible pollen grains.
Pollination through the agency of animals is called zoophily. The most common type of animal pollinators are insects (entomophily). Others can be birds (ornithophily), bats (chiropterophily), snails (malacophily), humans, etc.
The animal pollinated flowers have some particular characteristics in common like large (if the flowers are small in size or inconspicuous, they cluster together into an inflorescence to make them conspicuous) and brightly coloured flowers (in plants pollinated by bats, they are dull coloured), they secrete specific odours depending on the pollinator to attract them. These are some of the mechanisms that plants employ to attract pollinators.
Floral fragrance, size and colour are mechanisms employed by plants to attract specific pollinators.
Calcium crystals in microscopic forms are found in plant tissues as a defence mechanism against herbivory (the consumption of plants and plant materials by animals).
Protein pellicle in pollen tubes helps in the pollen-pistil interaction in many plants.
The stigmatic exudes are oily, mucilaginous and sticky substances that help in the process of adherence of pollen grains to stigma. It is a mechanism for the success of pollination.
The floral rewards include mostly nectar and edible pollen grains.
