Benefits of biotic pollination

The term pollination refers to the transfer of pollen from anther to stigma. Biotic pollination is effected by animals. In biotic pollination, the pollinating agents include bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, birds, bats and flies.

In biotic pollination, the animal visits flowers to obtain resources (usually food in the form of nectar) and return a benefit by transporting pollen among the plants they visit.

90% of flowering plants uses the biotic pollination, in other words, with pollinators help. The other 10% uses the abiotic way that consists in the diffusion principally through air and water.

Some pollinator tends to visit only some species of flowers, avoiding in other species on their route this behavior is denominated flower constancy.

It is estimated that 75% of globally important crops benefit from biotic pollination in various ways, from directly increased yields to greater crop quality or other agronomic benefits.

In many crops, biotic pollination produces fruits with greater weight compared with those produced by wind and self-pollination alone increasing the total market output per hectare.
Benefits of biotic pollination