Question

What are the two types of pollination in flowering plants?

Answer 1

Pollination: It is the process of transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower.

The two types of pollination include self-pollination and cross-pollination.

Self-pollination:

1. It is the process of transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the same flower.
2. This pollination takes place within the same flower or between two flowers from the same tree.
3. It always produces the exact copy of the parent plant.

Cross-pollination:

1. It is the process of transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the two different flowers.
2. There are two different flowers from two different trees in which cross-pollination occurs.
3. The offsprings are non-identical to the parent.