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Q. Read the following statements and find out the incorrect statements.
$a$. Plants use two abiotic (wind and water) and one biotic (animals) agent to achieve pollination.
$b$. Majority of plants use abiotic agents for pollination.
$c$. Only a small proportion of plants uses biotic agents.
$d$. Pollination by water is common among abiotic pollinators.
$e$. Pollination by wind is quite rare in flowering plants and is restricted to about $30$ genera mostly mono-cotyledons.

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Solution:

• Plants use two abiotic (wind and water) and one biotic (animals) agents to achieve pollination.
• Majority of plants use biotic agents for pollination only a small proportion of plants use abioticagents.
• Pollination by wind is more common amongst abiotic pollinations.
• Pollination by water is quite rare in flowering plants and is limited to about 30 genera, mostly monocotyledons