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The role of wind pollination in crop plants

Code: 9781801467490
Stephen Murphy, University of Waterloo, Canada

Chapter synopsis:

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.



DOI: 10.19103/AS.2022.0111.07
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Table of contents
  • 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

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