Biology, asked by tuleenb, 1 year ago

What are the advantages and disadvantages of insect-pollinated plants to an ecosystem?

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Answered by shreyaaaaaaaaaaa
38

Advantages

1) Different types of flowers can be produced

2) Offsprings are healthier

3)more pollen grains are produced

Disadvantages

1)Pollen grains get wasted

2)flowers has to produce nectar, and should smell good

3)flowers should be bright and large to attract the insect

Answered by shailendrachoubay456
13

Insect-Pollinated Plants

Explanation:

Advantage of insect-Pollinated Plants-

  • Insects have one clear preferred position over the wind they can find another flower of similar species, so you don't need to deliver tremendous measures of dust.
  • This was the reason for one hypothesis about the ascent of angiosperms. they just did fertilization all the more productively.  
  • Insects typically pollinate flowers as they move from plant to plant looking for food.When a creepy crawly arrives on a bloom to take care of, dust grains adhere to its body.
  • As the creepy crawly moves to another flower of similar species, these pollen grains are moved to the flower's stigma  and pollination occurs.  

Disadvantage   of insect-Pollinated Plants-

  • The plants don't rely upon outer elements for fertilization and significantly littler amounts of dust grains produce have a decent achievement rate in getting pollinated.
  • Self-fertilization guarantees that that recessive characters are eliminated.
  • Cross fertilization is favorable in light of the fact that it takes into consideration assorted variety in the species,the hereditary data of various plants are joined.
  • It depends on the presence of pollinators that will go from plant to plant.
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