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Sexual Reproduction in Plants

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do pollination take place through wind in insect pollinated flowers

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Wind pollination takes place only in about 10% of the flowering plants in those plants do not have adaptation for insect pollination. Anemophily in bright scented flowers is difficult to find.

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Q. What kind of flowers do you expect to be attractive-insect pollinated flowers or wind pollinated flowers? Why?

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Q. Differentiate between the following:
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(c) wind-pollinated flowers and insect pollinated flowers

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