WB JEE Medical WB JEE Medical Solved Paper-2014

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    Cross-pollination through insect agent is called

    A)  anthropophily      

    B)  malacophily

    C)  entemophily       

    D)  ornithophily

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     Pollination is the phenomenon of transfer of pollen grains from the anther of the stamen to the stigma of the carpel/pistil of a flower. Several agents are responsible for this dispersal. Cross-pollination that occurs through the agency of insects is called entemophily.  While,  ornithophily is  pollination  by birds, malacophily is pollination by snails, Anthropophily is the pollination by humans (often artificial pollination using hybridisation techniques, etc.).


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