what is fertilization? how fertilization take place in plant
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★Fertilization is the process of fusion of a pollen grain and the ovary,giving rise to zygote. (Incase of Plants)
★Fertilization occurs after the events of pollination
Note:
Pollination is the process of transferring pollens from anther of a stamen to a pistil of a plant
•Pollination is of two types:
1. Autogamy or self pollination:
Transfer of pollen grains from a stamen to the pistil of the same plant is known as Autogamy
2. Allogamy or Cross pollination:
Pollination between stamen and anther of different flower of the same plant or the different plant of the same species
Fertilization in Plants:
First of all,you need to know the parts of a pistil,
•Stigma
•Style
and •Ovary
With that out of the way,let us start:
When a pollen grain reaches the stigma,it forms a tubular structure called Pollen tube through which it reaches the ovary via style. On reaching the ovary,if fuses with the egg forming a zygote,after the occurrence of double fertilization and triple fusion. Zygotes eventually develops into a seed.
The action or process of fertilizing an egg or a female animal or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote.
Fertilization takes part in the ovary of a female flower. Wind or pollinators carry the pollen from the male anthers to the female flower parts. After the pollen lands on the stigma, a pollen tube forms, and male reproductive material travels down the style and into the ovary, where it fertilizes an ovule.