Pollination of plants by means of pollen carried on the wind.
favourable conditions for wind pollination
Example sentencesExamples
They are long-lived perennials that are insect-pollinated with little or no evidence of wind pollination and appear to be predominately outcrossing.
They suggested that this suite of characters is an adaptation which increases the efficiency of wind pollination while ensuring the exclusion of foreign particles.
Wind pollination was suspected because mature stamens are largely exerted from the inflorescences.
The plantation was selected for the study of wind pollination.
Protogyny, wind pollination and/or insect pollination are suspected, while reference to floral volatiles remains contradictory and anecdotal.
The drier climate encouraged the gymnosperms, which reproduced by exposed seeds and wind pollination.
Several types of fungi block wind pollination of their grass hosts forcing them to inbreed with its resulting genetic uniformity.
Effective wind pollination is essential if you are growing sweet corn.
Definition of wind pollination in US English:
wind pollination
noun
Pollination of plants by means of pollen carried on the wind.
favorable conditions for wind pollination
Example sentencesExamples
The drier climate encouraged the gymnosperms, which reproduced by exposed seeds and wind pollination.
Several types of fungi block wind pollination of their grass hosts forcing them to inbreed with its resulting genetic uniformity.
Wind pollination was suspected because mature stamens are largely exerted from the inflorescences.
Protogyny, wind pollination and/or insect pollination are suspected, while reference to floral volatiles remains contradictory and anecdotal.
Effective wind pollination is essential if you are growing sweet corn.
They suggested that this suite of characters is an adaptation which increases the efficiency of wind pollination while ensuring the exclusion of foreign particles.
They are long-lived perennials that are insect-pollinated with little or no evidence of wind pollination and appear to be predominately outcrossing.
The plantation was selected for the study of wind pollination.