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Ep. 434 - Moths are Important Pollinators

In Defense of Plants Podcast

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The Role of Nique Segregation in the Pollination of Apples

Moths can't take pollen from one pop flower on the same tree, generate an apple on that tree. One of the things about apples is that largely they are self infertile. And so we know that that pollen has to be transferred over to an actual infertile tree. So I knew that I didn't want to restrict their movement within there. But it also just having results suggests that they're not just it's not this happen chance. No, they're visiting multiple flowers on their visits and they're crossing lanes. They're crossing over in rows, which is a very important aspect of pollination.

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