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The role of wind pollination in crop plants
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19 December 2022

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.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, Apiculture (beekeeping), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Sustainable agriculture, Agricultural science, Agronomy and crop production
- 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