Question

name the pollinating agent of the flower of maize and wheat. give any two chracterstics of such a flower?


class 12th CBSE Biology sample paper

Answer 1

1) In Maize, the flowers are pollinated by wind. Therefore, the flowers are small, inconspicuous, unisexual, colourless and odourless.
2) In Wheat, the flowers are self-pollinated. The Anther and Stigma of the bisexual flowers of same plant mature before the opening of flower-bud and ensure the self-pollination.

Answer 2

Conifers are wind-pollinated. Corn(maize) male flower (corn tassel). The stamens of the flower produce a light, fluffy pollen which is borne on the wind to the female flowers (silks) of othercorn plants.