Pollination and Fertilization

Pollination and Fertilization

This text discusses pollination by insects, bats, birds, wind and water; double fertilization; the development of fruit and fruit types; and fruit and seed dispersal.

Topics

  • accessory fruit
  • aggregate fruit
  • bat pollination
  • bird pollination
  • coleoptile
  • coleorhiza
  • cross-pollination
  • development of the seed
  • dormancy
  • double fertilization
  • endocarp
  • endosperm
  • epicotyl
  • epigeal germination
  • exocarp
  • fertilization
  • fruit development
  • fruit dispersal
  • fruit type
  • germination
  • gravitropism
  • hypocotyl
  • hypogeal germination
  • incompatibility
  • incompatibility gene
  • insect pollination
  • mesocarp
  • multiple fruit
  • nectar guide
  • pericarp
  • plant fertilization
  • plant reproduction
  • plant sexual reproduction
  • plumule
  • pollination
  • pollination by bats
  • pollination by birds
  • pollination by insects
  • pollination by water
  • pollination by wind
  • radicle
  • scarification
  • scutellum
  • seed development
  • seed dispersal
  • seed germination
  • self-pollination
  • simple fruit
  • suspensor
  • tegmen
  • testa
  • vernalization
  • water pollination
  • wind pollination