Question

Mention two advantages of cross-pollination.

Answer 1

Pollination is when pollen grains from an anther, the male portion of a flower, are transferred to a female part in the flower i.e the stigma. Cross-pollination is a more complex type of pollination that involves the transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of a different flower. Wind, water and insect or animal is commonly used to transport pollen long distances.

Advantages of cross-pollination:

• This type of pollination results in an increase in genetic diversity because the different flowers are sharing and mixing their genetic information to create unique offspring.
  
• increase in the adaptability of varieties towards the new environment.