Pollenizer
A pollenizer (or polleniser), sometimes pollinizer (or polliniser, see
The word pollinating insects'.
The verb form to pollenize is to be the
source of pollen
, or to be the sire of the next plant generation.
While some plants are capable of self-pollenization, pollenizer is more often used in
apple tree that blooms at the same time, and are often used in apple orchards for the purpose. Some apple cultivars
produce very little pollen or pollen that is sterile or incompatible with other apple varieties. These are poor pollenizers.
A pollenizer can also be the male plant in
.self-fertile
and it physically pollinates itself without the aid of an external pollinator.
References
- ^ Alladin, Erin (2022-03-15). "Pollenizers: No, they're not pollinators; yes, you probably need them". Earth Undaunted. Retrieved 2024-01-10.