Re: Pollination vs. Pollenization
- Subject: Re: Pollination vs. Pollenization
- From: p*@att.net
- Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 05:36:59 +0000
Dear Andrew,
I didn't know that distinction. Thank you for explaining
it. So then I looked up pollenizer in the index of The
Natural History of Pollination, by Proctor, Yeo, and
Lack. It is explained just as you say, except that they
spell it polliniser. The "s" is because it is a British
book, and the "i" I assume is correct, just as it is in
pollinate.
But, I still don't think that the word pollinizer has
been extended to form the word pollinization. Unless
someone sees it in a good reference, I tend to agree
with Diane that this must be a made-up word.
Pam Peirce
San Fransisco
>
> Pomologists, and perhaps other botanists, make a distinction between a
> pollinator and a pollenizer. A pollinator is the vector that effects
> pollination such as insects, wind, birds, bats, etc.; whereas, the
> pollenizer is the variety that is the source of the pollen use tp
> pollinate for a given cultivar. For example, honey bees are the primary
> pollinator for 'Bing' cherries, and the 'Black Tartarian' cherry is a
> pollenizer for 'Bing' cherries.
>
> Andrew Mariani
>
>
