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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 463

Q463

Study of pollen grains is

A.
Palynology
Answer
B.
Palaeontology
C.
Palaeobotany
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Study of pollen grains is Palynology.
The study of pollen is called palynology and is highly useful in paleoecology, paleontology, archaeology, and forensics.
Pollen in plants is used for transferring haploid male genetic material from the anther of a single flower to the stigma of another in cross-pollination.