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The role of wind pollination in crop plants

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This chapter reflects on the early transition from wind-pollinated species (especially Poaceae) into crop species and the current state of wind-pollination in agricultural pollination networks. It ...
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  • 19 December 2022
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This chapter reflects on the early transition from wind-pollinated species (especially Poaceae) into crop species and the current state of wind-pollination in agricultural pollination networks. It then provides a short review of the evolution and biomechanics of wind pollination to establish why humans moved away from open pollination. A more deep exploration of the relative importance (or lack thereof) in crops like Zea, Triticum, Oryza, and Secale follows, as does a focus on the extant risk of heterospecific pollen transfer to wind-pollinated weeds. The chapter also discusses the role of anthropogenic climate change on wind-pollinated crops and the future and relative importance of wind-pollination in widespread and niche crops. The chapter ends with a case example of how one might create a ‘win-win’ in terms of conservation and restoration of natural habitats to promote wind-pollination in farming.

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Price: $32.50
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date: 19 December 2022
ISBN: 9781801467490
Format: eBook
BISACs: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science
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  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Fundamental mechanisms of wind pollination
  • 3 Wind pollination and transgenic risks in grass crop species
  • 4 Promoting wind pollination in open-pollinated crop species
  • 5 Conclusion and future trends
  • 6 References