Artificial Pollination is a type of pollination that is carried out by humans. It is a technique used to pollinate plants when natural pollination is insufficient or ineffective. For example, when external agents (such as honey bees) are dying out or becoming ineffective within the habitat of flowering plants, pollination could be carried out by artificial means.
Artificial Pollination can include hand pollination or mechanical pollination.
How does it work?
Artificial Pollination is done by manually transferring pollen from the stamen (male part) of one plant to the carpel of an (female part) of another plant, or the same one. Flowering plants can be pollinated in many ways.
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