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UMN Pollinator Education Toolkit
How are our food choices affected by pollinators?- Many grains like rice, corn, and wheat, are wind-pollinated.
- Most seed, nuts, and fruits, and some vegetables, depend on pollinators.
Pollen- moved from anther to stigma.
- fertilizes an ovule.
- ovule becomes a seed.
Whether a plant needs pollen moved
within their own flowers or from across
the garden, they all need help moving the
pollen.
Plants get help from wind, water, or
animals to move pollen.
How is seed production related to what we eat?Almonds and other nuts are seeds.
Often we focus our eating on the parts of
the fruit that surround the seeds. After
fertilization, the ovary of the plant will
grow to form a protective fruit around the
seed. Fruits can be thought of as
delicious coverings for seeds to
encourage animals to eat the seeds and
move them to another spot. For fruits like
apples, you can see the ovary and the
seeds in the core of the apple.
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