Quran /15- The Rocky Territory Inhabitants of AL HIJR Meccan/   Verse 22         22- And We send the wind as an agent of fertilization in plants and it impregnates also the clouds and there issues the rain We send down from the floor of the vault of heaven and We afford you aliment therewith and quench your thirst. It is not under your dominion or control that you can lay it up in store. Commentary: Although the methods of fertilization are many notably by insects which are moving methodically from flower to flower, the wind does play an important role. For example the conifer trees, the female cones producing seeds are distinctly larger than other "male" cones on the tree which produces the sperm cells or pollen. For fertilization to take place a grain of pollen must come in contact with a female egg cell produced in the macrospore. the only way this can be done among conifers is by the wind. Furthermore, since the wind dose the work of cross -pollination or fertilization male and female cones do not have to grow close together as is the case in flowers which depend mainly on insects for fertilization. Reference: Nature Library Books
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