NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
What feature of pollen grains in animal-pollinated flowers aids in their adherence to animals?
Options
- AThey are large and dry
- BThey are sticky
- CThey are light and powdery
- DThey are covered in mucilage
Correct answer
B. They are sticky
Step-by-step solution
Majority of insect-pollinated flowers are large, colourful, fragrant and rich in nectar. When the flowers are small, a number of flowers are clustered into an inflorescence tomake them conspicuous. Animals are attracted to flowers by colour and/or fragrance. The flowers pollinated by flies and beetles secrete foul odours to attract these animals. To sustain animal visits, the flowers have to provide rewards to the animals. Nectar and pollen grains are the usual floral rewards. For harvesting the reward(s) from the