Maize flowers releasing pollen.
Rights: Plant & Food Research Published 6 June 2012 Size: 53 KB Referencing Hub media

Maize (sweetcorn) is a grass with wind-pollinated flowers. The anthers release masses of pollen to increase the chance of some landing on the stigmas of another plant.

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    Attracting pollinators

    Flowering plants need to get pollen from one flower to another, either within a plant for self-pollination or between plants of the same species for cross-pollination to occur. However, pollen ...

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