🌺Pollination🌺

The process of depositing matured pollen of a flower on the stigma of the flower of the same species is known as pollination. Pollination occurs in two ways,

                                                 🌼 Self-pollination

                                                 🌼 Cross-pollination

Self-pollination

The process of depositing matured pollen of a flower on the stigma of the same flower is termed as self-pollination.

 

 Cross-pollination.

process of depositing matured pollen of a flower, on the stigma of a flower of same plant or a flower of another plant of the same species is termed as cross-pollination.

Cross-pollination allows to mix characteristics of two plants. It helps to give rise to a strong new generation with new characteristics. Therefore some flowers are adapted to avoid self-pollination and promote cross-pollination. Some of those adaptations are mentioned below

🌻 Having unisexual flowers,

Bearing of pistilate flowers and staminate flowers separately.

🌻 Self-Sterility

Fruits are not developed when pollen of a flower is deposited on the stigma of the same flower.