Question

Which plant is pollinated through wind ?
(a) Commelina
(b) Maize
(c) Malva
(d) Moras

Answer 1

Answer:

Maize.

Explanation:

Maize bears anemophilous flowers. The flowers have feather like extended stigma that protrudes out to easily catch the pollens. The pollens are light and spiny so that they can easily be carried by wind . The flowers of maize are monoecious i.e. they have male and female flowers or hermaphrodite i.e. they have both sexes in one flower.

Answer 2

Maize plant is pollinated through wind.

Option: (b)

Explanation:  

• Maize or corn is wind pollinated. There can be both ‘self-pollination’ and ‘cross pollination’.  

• In the farm the male anthers blow. The anthers may fall on the stigma of the same plant or to a very nearby plant as well.  

• But cross pollination is more common as the plants are situated very close to each other.  

• Similarly the maize has the anthers at a lower height. The reception of the pollen by the stigma is easier.