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Pollination and Fertilization

Pollination and fertilization are key steps in plant reproduction. Pollination involves the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of a flower. This can be from the same flower or another flower. Fertilization occurs when the male nucleus in the pollen tube joins with the female nucleus in the ovule. This allows the ovule to develop into a seed. Both pollination and fertilization are necessary for seed and fruit formation, allowing the plant life cycle to continue from one generation to the next.

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Pollination and Fertilization

Pollination and fertilization are key steps in plant reproduction. Pollination involves the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of a flower. This can be from the same flower or another flower. Fertilization occurs when the male nucleus in the pollen tube joins with the female nucleus in the ovule. This allows the ovule to develop into a seed. Both pollination and fertilization are necessary for seed and fruit formation, allowing the plant life cycle to continue from one generation to the next.

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GRADE 1V

POLLINATION AND FERTILIZATION

At the end of the module, you should be able to

Explain the role of pollination in plant reproduction


Explain the role of fertilization in plant propagation

Try
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toRecall
Recall

A. Arrange the pictures below to show the correct sequence of the stages in the
germination of a seed. Wrie the numbers in your notebook.

__4___ __1___ ___3__

__5___ __2___

B. Describe the changes in a germinating seed. Write the answers in your notebook.

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Have you ever observed plants with flowers in your garden? Do you know the
importance of flowers to plants? In the succeeding activities, you will learn how plants
reproduce.

Activity 1

1. Prepare a hand lens and a gumamela or a bougainvillea flower.

2. Study the parts of a flower in the illustration below.

Pistil

3. Using the hand lens, observe the pistil and the stamen of a gumamela or a
bougainvillea flower.
4. Open the ovary. Look for the ovules.
5. Touch the anther. Observe the tips of your fingers.
6. Answer the following questions. Write the answers in your notebook.
a. What did you notice inside the ovary? What are these? What is their
function?
b. When you touched the anther, what did you notice on the tip of your
fingers? What are these? What are their functions?

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Activity 2

Get a real gumamela or bougainvillea flower. Dissect the flower and compare it with the
illustration below.

Pistil

Answer these questions in your notebook:

 What happens when the male nucleus joins the female nucleus in the ovary?
What will happen with the ovules? What will happen with the ovary?
 If the male nucleus will not reach the ovary, will there be fertilization? Why?
 What do you think will happen if fertilization will not take place?

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Activity 3

1. Study the life cycle of a flowering plant from seed to seed stage.

Answer the following questions in your notebook.


 If the flower will not be pollinated, will there be seeds? Why?
 What is the importance of pollination to plant reproduction?
 Describe the life cycle of a flowering plant from and how can it be developed into
fruits and seeds.

Read and Learn More:

Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains from the stamen to the pistil of
the flower. Most pollination is carried out by insects, birds and the wind. The
two methods of pollination are cross-pollination and self-pollination. Cross-
pollination is the transfer of pollen grains from the stamen of one flower to the
pistil of a flower of another plant. Self-pollination is the transfer of pollen grains
from the stamen of one flower to the pistil of the same flower or of another
flower on the same plant.
A flowering plant can reproduce sexually because it has a stamen and a
pistil. The stamen (male part) holds the pollen grains. Pollen grains are powdery
materials. These are needed to fertilize the ovules (eggs). The pistil (female
part) is shaped like a vase. The long, narrow tube- like part is the style. Notice
that the style is connected to the ovary. Inside the ovary are the ovules.
The pollen grains drop on stigma and produce a tube like structure called
a pollen tube. This pollen tube extends down the style and into the ovary with
the ovules which later form into seeds through the complete process of
fertilization. Ovules and pollen grains contain the sex cells of flowers needed for
reproduction.

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Fertilization will take place when a male nucleus in the pollen tube joins
the female nucleus of the ovule. The ovule will develop into a seed after
fertilization.
Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma
of a flower.

I learned that:

 Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains from (male) anther to the stigma
of the flower. The pollen grains can come from the same flower or
another flower.
 There are two kinds of pollination: cross-pollination and self-pollination.
 Fertilization takes place when a male nucleus in the pollen tube joins the
female nucleus in the ovule.

Apply
ApplyItIt

Write your answers in your notebook.

A. Why do flowers have attractive and colorful petals?


B. What do you think will happen to the plant if pollination and fertilization will not
take place?

Test Yourself

A. Read each statement below. In your notebook write true if the statement is correct.
Write false if it is not.Then write word/s that would make the statement true.

Example:

false (attractive) 1. Flowers have dull petals.

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1. The stamen is the female part of a flower.
2. Ovules are found inside the ovary.
3. Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma.
4. Pollen tube is produce when pollen grain drops to the anther.
5. Fertilization takes place when male nucleus joins the female nucleus of
he ovule.

B. Explain the importance of pollination and fertilization to plant reproduction and


propagation. Write the answer in your notebook.

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