Information AboutSelf-pollination |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT SELF-POLLINATION | |
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Few plants actually self pollinate. The mechanism is seen most often in some Legume s such as Peanut s. In another legume, Soybean s, the flowers open and remain receptive to insect cross pollination during the day; if this is not accomplished, the flowers self pollinate as they are closing. Self pollination, or more generally self pollenizing, seems to be a defect in nature, because it limits the variety of progeny and Tends To Depress Plant Vigor ; however, in Selective Breeding by humans it can be advantageous, because plant cultivars have moved beyond the range of native pollinators (without also transporting the pollinator), or pollinator populations have been Greatly Reduced . A self-pollinating plant can be considered to be a Botanical Hermaphrodite . |