0 present participle of pollinate
1 to take pollen from one plant or part of a plant to another so that new plant seeds can be produced:
The absence of other major pollinating species in this system is likely to cause competition among plants to attract the same visitors.
However, some insects are beneficial and have a role in pollinating flowers, thus enabling fruit set.
Two other factors contributing to the pollinating capacity of a pollinator species are flower fidelity and foraging activity thresholds.
The wasps are deceived into pollinating the inflorescences on female plants, but fail to reproduce.
The eventual establishment of any new pollinator depends on its pollinating performance, sustainability, and manageability, as well as on its economic cost.
Selfing was achieved by pollinating immature flower buds with pollen from open flowers of the same plant.
For the same reason, counting pollen grains on the pollinator's body does not provide a good indication of its pollinating ability.
Protracted pre-emergence and emergence periods are undesirable when pollinating short-blooming crops such as fruit trees.
