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How do natural pollination and artificial pollination differ

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Natural pollinators, like bees, pollinate flowers randomly, essentially mixing up their genomes and increasing genetic diversity. This leads to different types of future plants. However, artificial pollination is so labor intensive, it's hard to replicate the same variety in pollination.Aug 8, 2017

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Artificial pollination is the type of pollination carried out by humans. It is a mechanical technique used to pollinate plants when natural pollination is insufficient or undesirable. It does not require the help of insects or weather.

Natural pollination consists of the transfer of pollen between the male and female organs of the flowers, without human intervention. In other words, pollen is transferred from the stamens to the stigma of the flowers, where it fertilises the ovules, making seed and fruit production possible.

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