Open pollination is pollination by insects, birds, wind, or other natural mechanisms, and contrasts with cleistogamy, closed pollination, which is one of the many types of self pollination.[1] Open pollination also contrasts with controlled pollination, which is controlled so that all seeds of a crop are descended from parents with known traits, and are therefore more likely to have the desired traits.
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- ↑ Kearns, C.A.; Inouye, D.W. 1993. Techniques for pollination biologists. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, CO. Ben Watson. "Hybrid or Open Pollinated". Gardening Articles: Care :: Seeds & Propagation. National Gardening Association. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
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