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Pollination

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, pollination means: The transfer of pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part, which is needed for many crops to set fruit and seed.

In Turkish: tozlaşma, tozlanma

How it is used

Fruit growers, beekeepers and greenhouse growers talk about poor or good pollination, cross-pollination and pollinators such as honeybees and bumblebees. Many orchards rent beehives during flowering.

Example sentences

  1. Greenhouse tomato growers use bumblebee hives for pollination.

  2. Cold, rainy weather during flowering led to poor pollination in the cherry orchards.

Common collocations

  • poor pollination
  • cross-pollination
  • pollination by bees
  • pollinator
  • pollinizer variety
  • cropA plant grown on a large scale for food, feed, fiber or income, such as wheat, cotton or tomatoes; also the amount of it gathered in one season.
  • varietyA named type of a crop plant with particular features, such as yield, quality, earliness or disease resistance, developed by breeders and sold as seed or plants.
  • insecticideA product used to kill or control insects that damage crops, stored grain or animals.
  • greenhouseA building with a glass or plastic cover in which plants are grown under controlled temperature, humidity and light, often out of season.
  • biological controlThe control of pests, weeds or diseases by using their natural enemies, such as predatory insects, parasitic wasps or beneficial microorganisms.

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