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Which agent is most important for pollination in wind-pollinated flowers?

Answer: Wind.

  • A Insects
  • B Water
  • C Wind
  • D Animals

Correct answer: C. Wind

Explanation: Anemophily (wind pollination): pollen is light, dry, and produced in large amounts. Flowers are often small, lack petals/scent. E.g., grasses, maize, wheat.

Double fertilization: pollen tube delivering two male gametes to the embryo sac, forming zygote and endosperm

Double fertilisation in angiosperms: one male gamete fuses with the egg to form the diploid zygote (syngamy), while the second fuses with the two polar nuclei to form the triploid primary endosperm nucleus (triple fusion). Image: Triploid, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Flower structure, pollination, double fertilization, and seed/fruit development - the highest-scoring Class 12 biology chapter in NEET.

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