pollination
Origin of pollination
1Other words from pollination
- post·pol·li·na·tion, adjective
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For instance, if the life cycle of a particular plant changes due to warmer temperatures, such as the time of year when it blooms, this can cause some native bees to miss their short pollination window.
What’s more, bats are a vital part of natural ecosystems and play important roles in insect pest consumption, plant pollination and seed dispersal, according to Bat Conservation International.
There’s a bat in your house! Here’s what NOT to do. | Allyson Chiu | August 25, 2021 | Washington PostYet success of the Oxitec mosquitoes in slamming the current pests should not cause some disastrous shortage of food or pollination for natives, Yee says.
The U.S.’s first open-air genetically modified mosquitoes have taken flight | Susan Milius | May 14, 2021 | Science NewsThat may have interfered with the pollination of the cotton’s flowers, preventing the plant from reproducing.
Modified genes can distort wild cotton’s interactions with insects | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | February 16, 2021 | Science NewsHe’d even managed to prepare 76 hives for pollination the year before.
Bee theft is almost a perfect crime—but there’s a new sheriff in town | Andrew Zaleski | February 9, 2021 | Popular-Science
Bats are crucial to the ecosystem, performing extremely valuable jobs like pollination and insect control.
Do you want to see more cross-pollination between Spidey and the other characters in the Marvel universe, like The Avengers?
Marc Webb Takes Us Inside ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ and Discusses His Rise to the A-List | Marlow Stern | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat are your experiences, from the practical publishing side, of your diversity of book types and cross-pollination of genres?
The Agriculture Department estimates that insect-pollination directly contributes $20 billion to the U.S. economy annually.
Declining bee populations may lead to significant agricultural losses in U.S. | Miranda Green | May 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAlmond farms in California are especially reliant on bee pollination.
Declining bee populations may lead to significant agricultural losses in U.S. | Miranda Green | May 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a few forms that have a very disagreeable odor, pollination is effected by night flying insects.
Philippine Mats | Hugo H. MillerEvery fruit and nut grower should know the simple theory of pollination.
Walnut Growing in Oregon | VariousHe describes in the Notulae his observations on the ovules and pollination of various Coniferae and Gnetaceae.
Careful study of some fall flower fitted for insect pollination with an insect as pollinating agent.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterTo make sure of cross pollination nature has in some cases placed the stamens and pistils in different flowers on the same plant.
The First Book of Farming | Charles L. Goodrich
Scientific definitions for pollination
[ pŏl′ə-nā′shən ]
The process by which plant pollen is transferred from the male reproductive organs to the female reproductive organs to form seeds. In flowering plants, pollen is transferred from the anther to the stigma, often by the wind or by insects. In cone-bearing plants, male cones release pollen that is usually borne by the wind to the ovules of female cones.
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Other words from pollination
- pollinate verb
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Cultural definitions for pollination
The carrying of pollen grains (the male sex cells in plants) to the female sex cells for fertilization. Pollination can occur between plants when pollen is carried by the wind or by insects such as the honeybee (see cross-fertilization), or within the same plant, in which case it is called self-fertilization.
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