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  2. Stigma (botany) - Wikipedia

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    Stigma have been shown to assist in the rehydration of pollen and in promoting germination of the pollen tube. [5] Stigma also ensure proper adhesion of the correct species of pollen. Stigma can play an active role in pollen discrimination and some self-incompatibility reactions , that reject pollen from the same or genetically similar plants ...

  3. Xenogamy - Wikipedia

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    Xenogamy (Greek xenos=stranger, gamos=marriage) is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of a different plant. This is the only type of cross pollination which during pollination brings genetically different types of pollen grains to the stigma.

  4. Pollen - Wikipedia

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    Pollen in plants is used for transferring haploid male genetic material from the anther of a single flower to the stigma of another in cross-pollination. [2] In a case of self-pollination, this process takes place from the anther of a flower to the stigma of the same flower. [2] Pollen is infrequently used as food and food supplement. Because ...

  5. List of vegetables - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plants that have a culinary role as vegetables. "Vegetable" can be used in several senses, including culinary, botanical and legal. This list includes botanical fruits such as pumpkins, and does not include herbs, spices, cereals and most culinary fruits and culinary nuts. Edible fungi are not included in this list.

  6. List of pollen sources - Wikipedia

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    The term pollen source is often used in the context of beekeeping and refers to flowering plants as a source of pollen for bees or other insects. Bees collect pollen as a protein source to raise their brood. For the plant, the pollinizer, this can be an important mechanism for sexual reproduction, as the pollinator distributes its

  7. Cucurbita - Wikipedia

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    When there is more pollen applied to the stigma, more seeds are produced in the fruits and the fruits are larger with greater likelihood of maturation, [18] an effect called xenia. Competitively grown specimens are therefore often hand-pollinated to maximize the number of seeds in the fruit.

  8. Xenia (plants) - Wikipedia

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    Xenia effects in maize. Xenia (also known as the xenia effect) in plants is the effect of pollen on seeds and fruit of the fertilized plant. [1] The effect is separate from the contribution of the pollen towards the next generation.

  9. Outline of botany - Wikipedia

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    In alphabetical order by surname: Aristotle; Arthur Cronquist (angiosperm evolution); Charles Darwin (formulated modern theory of evolution); Carl Linnaeus (father of systematics) ...