How does pollen help a plant?

Answer 1

Pollen helps plants to fruit. -For instance without pollination we would have very few Almonds, blueberries, strawberries, melons, cucumbers, tomatoes and many others. Pollination of plants is critical to human survival.

Answer 2

It does not help them grow. Instead, it acts as a way to reproduce plants. The pollen is the male part of the flower. It will land on a female part of the flower, and fertilize it, creating a seed that will grow into a new plant.

Answer 3

Pollen grains are the "vessels" that carry the male gametophytes from one flower to another where it has the opportunity to merge with the female gameteophyte and produce a new (hybrid), the zygote/ embryo. This becomes the seed, which eventually germinates into a new plant.

Pollen grains are useful as they protect the (male) genetic material during the process of pollination. From a Natural Resources perspective, pollen is a "cheap" biological way to spread genetic material en mass and is a good trade off between biological costs and benefits.

Answer 4

Pollen is the equivalent of sperm cells - i.e., the male gametes of plants. It is carried from a male part of a flower, to the female part of (usually) another flower, via different means; for instance, it might be transported by the wind, or by insects.

Answer 5

Pollen is crucial for plant reproduction as it carries the male gametes needed for fertilization. When pollen is transferred from the male reproductive organ (anther) to the female reproductive organ (stigma) of a flower, it allows for pollination and the eventual formation of seeds. This process ensures the continuation of plant species.

Answer 6

Pistil is a component in the flower of a plant and it helps in the formation of fruit and seeds.