Mention various devices to discourage self- pollination and to encourage cross-pollination in flowering plants
 Mention various devices to discourage self- pollination and to encourage cross-pollination in flowering plants

Answer:  i)Pollen release and stigma receptivity do not occur at the same time. Either the pollen is released before the stigma is receptive, or the stigma is responsive long before the pollen is released.

 (ii) The anther and stigma are positioned so that pollen does not come into touch with the stigma of the same flower.

 (iii) Self-incompatibility, which prevents pollen germination and pollen tube formation in the same flower’s pistil or another blossom on the same plant.

 (iv) Unisexual flower production Both autogamy and geitonogamy are prohibited by this circumstance.