Self-pollination
A plant fertilising itself with its own pollen.
Botany
Definition
Some plants are entirely self-fertile and need no visitor — sweet orange sets fruit without insects, which makes the relationship with bees one-sided. Others are partly self-fertile and yield measurably better with insect visits, which is the situation for coffee, sesame and field beans.
Plant records that discuss this
See also
Other botany terms
Sources
Sources
- Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production — Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (2016) · Systematic review Link
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