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Define cross-pollination. Write the various agencies of cross-pollination.

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Cross-Pollination : It is the transference of pollens from one flower to the strigne of another flower on a separate plant of the species (allogamay). It usually occurs in dioecious plants. Which bring about genetic variations.

The agencies of cross-pollination are as follows:

(i) wind

(ii) water

(iii) insects

(iv) birds

(v) bats

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