Pollen definition

Pollen means dust-like grains formed in the anthers of flowering plants in which the male elements or sperm are produced.
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Pollen means the fine powdery substance discharged from a male plant containing male gametes that is capable of causing a female plant, or female part of a plant, to produce seeds.
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Pollen means pollen, within the meaning of Article 2(1), point (k), of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, intended for planting.
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Examples of Pollen in a sentence

  • Pollen limitation was associated with lower visitation rates by the two 15 endemic bird pollinators.

  • See Thomison, “Managing Pollen Drift in Maize Seed Production,” Department Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University (“Growers of value added identity preserved (IP) grains need to control pollen contamination in order to optimize expression of value added traits in specialty maize and thereby obtain premiums.”).

  • Therefore, even if only a small percentage of the total pollen shed by a field of corn drifts into a neighboring field, there is considerable potential for contamination through cross pollination.” Thomison, “Managing "Pollen Drift" to Minimize Contamination of Non-GMO Corn,” Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet.

  • Swiss Study on Childhood Allergy and Respiratory Symptoms with Respect to Air Pollution, Climate and Pollen.

  • Pollen immunotherapy reduces the development of asthma in children with seasonal rhinoconjunctivitis (the PAT-study).

  • Each type of particulate contaminant receives a test value, which includes: CADR for Dust; CADR for Tobacco Smoke; and CADR for Pollen.

  • Movement of Soil- Applied Imidacloprid and Thiamethoxam into Nectar and Pollen of Squash (Cucurbita pepo).

  • Rader R, Edwards W, Westcott DA, Cunningham SA, Howlett BG (2011) Pollen transport differs among bees and flies in a human-modified landscape.

  • Kost, Pollen tube tip growth depends on plasma membrane polarization mediated by tobacco PLC3 activity and endocytic membrane recycling.

  • The Act also supports the delivery of the Government's Construction 2020– A Strategy for a Renewed Construction Sector and the Social Housing Strategy 2020.


More Definitions of Pollen

Pollen means an aggregation of microscopic grains produced by stamensand which constitute the male productive elements of flowering plant;
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