How is the Process of Pollination Different from Fertilisation

Q. How is the process of pollination different from fertilisation?

Ans. The transport of pollen from the anther (male organ of the flower) to the stigma (female organ of the flower) of the same or another bloom is called pollination. Once the pollen particle reaches the stigma, it generates a pollen tube extending through the style to the ovary, resulting in Fertilisation. The pollen tube grows along with style to the ovary’s opening, where the male gamete is deposited in the egg. 

Each half of the genetic material required to make a zygote, which eventually grows into a new plant, is contained in the male and egg. Pollen can be carried by animals or carried by the wind. Once the pollen particle reaches the stigma, it generates a pollen tube extending through the style to the ovary, resulting in Fertilisation. The process might be carried out by the plant itself or outside parties. If there is no pollination, there can be no fertilisation for flowering plants. On the other hand, Fertilisation affects practically every organism on the planet.

Pollination is an exterior mechanism that occurs on the outside of a flower and is only found in flowering plants. Self-pollination and cross-pollination are the two types of pollination. Cross-pollination necessitates the use of external agents. Air, water, and insects are examples of them. Pollen grains from one flower stick to their bodies during this movement, and when they land on another bloom, these pollen grains are deposited on the stigma of another flower, resulting in pollination. 

There is no pollen tube development. Pollination occurs before Fertilisation. After pollination, fertilisation occurs. Fertilisation is an internal process that occurs within the flowers. It is followed by practically every plant and living creature on the planet, and there is no kind. Pollen tube formation aids in the transmission of male gametes to an egg cell.