Question : (a) What is pollination ? Give its two types. (b) Draw a longitudinal section of female reproductive part of a flower showing germination of pollen grain. Label on it the following: (i) Stigma. (ii) Pollen tube with a male germ cell. (iii) Female germ cell.

Question : (a) What is pollination ? Give its two types. (b) Draw a l

1.	Question : (a) What is pollination ? Give its two types. (b) Draw a longitudinal section of female reproductive part of a flower showing germination of pollen grain. Label on it the following: (i) Stigma. (ii) Pollen tube with a male germ cell. (iii) Female germ cell.
Answer» SOLUTION :POLLINATION is the process of TRANSFER of pollen grains from anther of a flower to the stigma of a same flower or another flower of same species. DEPENDING on the flower, it is of two types:(i) Self pollination - When pollen from the anther of the same flower lands on its stigma (II) Cross pollination - When pollen from one flower lands on stigma of another flower of same species, with the help of air, water, insects, birds or bats. (b)