Tag: pollination, fertilization and development of endosperm and embryo
Questions Related to pollination, fertilization and development of endosperm and embryo
The association between ants and some members of family rubiaceae is
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Ornithophily
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Entomophily
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Myrmecophily
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Anemorphily
Myrmecophily is the symbiotic relationship of ants and plants in which the ants get food and place to stay while plants get a pollinator or a method of seed diepersal. It is widely used by family Rubiaceae which is a family of coffee.
Large stout, nocturnal flowers producing copious nectar and emitting fermenting fruity odor, are the adaptations for.
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Entomophily
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Ornithophily
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Chiropterophily
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Anemophily
Which one is absent in windy areas
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Birds
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Anemophilous plants
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Zoophilous plants
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Insects
Windy areas are favorable for plants in which pollination is done by the wind like corn, willow etc while it is unfavorable for those in which pollination is done by animals as it is very difficult to survive.
Pollination by bats is called as
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Chiropterophily
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Omithophily
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Malacophily
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Entomophily
Animals assist with
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Pollination and seed dispersal
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Control of plant growth and response
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Translocation of organic nutrients
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Asexual propagation of plants
Pollination is when pollen grains from an anther, the male portion of a flower, are transferred to a female part in the flower, known as the stigma. Zoophily is a form of pollination whereby pollen is transferred by animals. Zoophilous species frequently evolve mechanisms to make themselves more appealing to the particular type of pollinator. Seed dispersal is the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant. Plant species transported externally by animals can have a variety of adaptations for dispersal, including adhesive mucus, and a variety of hooks, spines and barbs
Myrmecophily is characterised by
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Plants harbouring ants
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Plants storing food underground
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Plants imitating the habit of animals
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Plants with small leaves
Myrmecophily is the symbiotic relationship between plant and ants in which plants provide food to plant or place to hide eggs and ants help them in pollination.
Pollination by insects is called
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Entomophily
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Chiropterophily
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Anemophily
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Zoophily
Pollination by insects is entomophily. Insects are the most common biotic agents of pollination. Bees are the most common insect which acts as pollinating agents. Other insect pollinators are butterflies, flies, beetles, wasps, ants, moths. Flowers are brightly colored and scented to attract the insects. Majority of insect-pollinated flowers are large-sized. Entomophily occurs in Calotropis, Ficus, Salvia, etc.
Pollen grains have spiny exine to aid in
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Entomophily
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Anemophily
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Ornithophily
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Cheiropterophily
In entomophily, pollinating agents are
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Insects
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Bats
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Birds
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Ants
In entomophily, insects are the pollinating agents. Insects are the most common biotic agents of pollination. Bees are the most common insect which acts as pollinating agents. Other insect pollinators are butterflies, flies, beetles, wasps, ants, moths. Majority of insect-pollinated flowers are large-sized. These flowers are scented, colorful and fragrant and contain nectaries to attract insects.
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Nymphaea
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Nelumbo
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Eichhornia crassipes
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Vallisneria/ Zostera