Mfamiliar with the general concepts of pollination. PollinatingOST FRUIT GROWERS areinsects seek sugar-rich nectar or protein-rich pollen for food. Apple trees lure these insects using visual cues (petals), chemical attractants (fragrance), nectar, and pollen. While the pollinators visit flowers to collect food resources, apple blossomsuse pollinator visitation as an opportunity to capture pollen and procreate.After apple pollen is deposited on the stigmatic surface of an apple pistil (female portion of the flower), the romantic notion that accompanies the plant-pollinator interaction suddenly disappears and is replaced with a series of complex biochemical interactions between pollen and pistil. Pollen tube growth of apple has been studied for more than 100 years, and we still have more to learn. So how does it all work?
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