For what biological reason do farmers object to people picking apple blossoms during the apple blossom season?

Formation of a flower with pollen and an ovary; the flower attracts pollinators. Fertilization of the flower by a pollinator. Formation of a seed with a protective fruit covering; the fruit is appealing to herbivores. Interruption of the process at any of these points reduces the apple production yield for farmers.

1. Why would picking apple blossoms from an apple orchard in the spring result in a poor fruit yield in the fall?
2. When a pollen grain reaches the stigma of a plant the plant has been quizlet?
3. Does picking fruit encourage growth?
4. Why don't we usually find flowers and fruits on a peach tree at the same time?
5. What happens in a plant after the pollen reaches the pistil?
6. What step occurs after pollination?
7. When the sperm in pollen grains from a flower fertilizes the eggs inside the ovary what process is taking place?
8. When should apples be harvested?
9. How do you promote fruit growth?
10. Should I pick flowers off my apple tree?
11. What is the main purpose of flowers on a peach tree?
12. Do apple trees self pollinate?
13. Why are my fruit trees not fruiting?
14. How does pollination cause fertilization?
15. Where does fertilization occur?
16. What happens to pistil after fertilization?

Why would picking apple blossoms from an apple orchard in the spring result in a poor fruit yield in the fall?

Rain may wash away the pollen, resulting in a poor fruit yield. Explain why a heavy rainfall on a fruit orchard in the spring might result in a poor fruit yield in the fall. People may destroy the reproductive systems of the flowers when they are not completely blossomed.

When a pollen grain reaches the stigma of a plant the plant has been quizlet?

Once a pollen grain reaches the stigma of a flower, its vegetative cell grows a pollen tube through the style to the ovary. While the pollen tube is growing, the generative nucleus divides by mitosis to produce two sperm.

Does picking fruit encourage growth?

In general, plants do put a lot of their energy into making fruit/seed. If a young transplanted fruit tree is stripped of the flowers or young fruit, it will probably put more energy into vegetative growth and get bigger faster.

Why don't we usually find flowers and fruits on a peach tree at the same time?

Unusually cold winter temperatures or warm winter temperatures followed by a sudden drop can damage the buds so that they will not open, resulting in few or no fruit on peach trees.

What happens in a plant after the pollen reaches the pistil?

Only after pollination, when pollen has landed on the stigma of a suitable flower of the same species, can a chain of events happen that ends in the making of seeds. A pollen grain on the stigma grows a tiny tube, all the way down the style to the ovary. ... The ovary develops into a fruit to protect the seed.

What step occurs after pollination?

After pollen grains land on the stigma, a pollen tube grows from the pollen grain, through the style, and into the ovary. Sperm cells inside the pollen grain travel down the pollen tube and into the ovary which contains the ovules. Fertilization occurs when one of the sperm cells fuses with the egg inside of an ovule.

When the sperm in pollen grains from a flower fertilizes the eggs inside the ovary what process is taking place?

From the anther the pollen grains are first deposited on the pistil's surface, the stigma. There they germinate and form pollen tubes, which grow downward through the style toward the ovules. Fertilization occurs as a sperm cell in a pollen tube fuses with the egg cell of an ovule, resulting in a plant embryo.

When should apples be harvested?

Apples should be harvested when they are physiologically mature but before their peak of ripeness. Apples for eating fresh or for short-term storage (2–3 weeks) should be left on the tree until they are fully ripe. Store only sound fruit that is free from insect or disease damage.

How do you promote fruit growth?

Although the nutrient needs of plants vary, all require nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to promote healthy growth. While both nitrogen and potassium are necessary for growth, phosphorus works directly on fruit production. An added application of phosphorus at blooming or fruiting time is often beneficial.

Should I pick flowers off my apple tree?

Flower buds on apple trees (Malus domestica) develop into fruit, a desirable process in apple trees of fruit-bearing age. ... If you remove the flower buds from year-old apple trees, apples cannot grow on the trees. The energy that would be used to produce fruit is instead redirected into developing strong branches.

What is the main purpose of flowers on a peach tree?

Question: ”Peach trees have sweet-smelling blossoms and produce rich fruit. What is the main purpose of the flowers of a peach tree?”; 3. Option A: ”to attract bees for pollination.”; 4.

Do apple trees self pollinate?

Like all fruit trees, apples need to be pollinated if they are to set fruit. ... While some varieties of apple are able to fertilize themselves (trees described as 'self-fertile'), others require pollen from another tree to do the job – a process known as cross-pollination.

Why are my fruit trees not fruiting?

There are many reasons for a lack of a fruit crop, such as frost damage, poor pollination, competition with other crops for nutrients, inadequate sun exposure and more. A fourth reason fruit trees don't bear fruit is the effect from last year's crop. Fruit trees form their flowers the previous growing season.

How does pollination cause fertilization?

Pollination leads to fertilization in a flowering plant. ... However, the ovules or anthers need external agents through pollination to move to each other. Pollinating agents like wind, water, and animals help to carry the anthers in the pollens to the ovules in the stigma for fertilization to take place.

Where does fertilization occur?

A pregnancy starts with fertilization, when a woman's egg joins with a man's sperm. Fertilization usually takes place in a fallopian tube that links an ovary to the uterus. If the fertilized egg successfully travels down the fallopian tube and implants in the uterus, an embryo starts growing.

What happens to pistil after fertilization?

After fertilization the sepals, petals and stamens of the flower wither and fall off. The pistil however, remains attached to the plant. The zygote develops into the embryo and the ovules develop into the seed. The ovary develops into the fruit which develops a thick wail called pericarp that is protective in function.