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Question
Give a reason for the Following:
Pollen grains of wind-pollinated flowers are produced in large quantities.
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Solution
Pollen grains of wind-pollinated flowers are produced in large quantities as it is an abiotic agent of
cross-pollination destruction rate is more.
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