Question:
What is the difference between pollination and fertilization of a plant?
Answer:
Pollination
- Pollination is transfer of pollen grain containing male gametes (generative cell) to the stigma of a female plant in order to form a pollen tube through the style to the ovule in an ovary, where the egg is present and get fertilized.This process is aided by pollinating agents.
Fertilization
- Fertilization is fusion or”syngamy” of male gamete with a female gamete (egg/ova) to form a diploid zygote.
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