1. Plants and Pollination Dr. Moore-Crawford Prince George’s Community College Department of Biological Sciences

2. What are plants? Plants are alive, just like people and animals. They grow and die. They grow and die. They need energy, nutrients, air, and water. They need energy, nutrients, air, and water. They produce young. They produce young. They are made up of cells. They are made up of cells. They react to their environment. They react to their environment.

3. Parts of a Flower

4. Pollination The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a flower The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a flower

5. Types of Pollination Self pollination Self pollination Wind pollination Wind pollination Water pollination Water pollination Animal pollination Animal pollination

6. Animal Pollinators Insects Insects Birds Birds Bats Bats Other mammals Other mammals

7. Animal Pollinators

10. Pollination is essential About 80% of flowering plants require animal pollinators About 80% of flowering plants require animal pollinators About 1 out of every 3rd bite of food is the result of animal pollinators Without pollinators, people and Earth’s land ecosystems would not survive

11. Pollination Equation

12. Pollinators and Food FoodPollinator Appleshoney bees, blue mason orchard bees Bananabirds; fruit bats Chocolatemidges (flies), stingless bees Dairy Productsdairy cows eat alfalfa pollinated by leafcutter and honey bees Vanillabees Coffee stingless bees, other bees or flies Sugarcane bees, thrips Pumpkinssquash and gourd bees, bumblebees

13. Protecting pollinators Grow native wildflowers Grow native wildflowers Limit the use of pesticides Limit the use of pesticides