Question

Study of pollen grains is called.
A. Micrology
B. Anthology
C. Palynology
D. Pomology

Answer 1

Hint:-Pollen is a botanical word first used as long ago as 1760 by Carolus Linnaeus, the founder of the binomial nomenclature method of classification. The word pollen is applied to the fertilizing element of flowers. Pollen has come to be known as fine, powdery, yellowish grains, or spores.

Complete answer:
Pollen is a powdery material composed of pollen grains that are male microgametophytes of seed plants that produce male gametes (also known as sperm cells). It is the fertilization agent of plants and is a very important element for the survival of many plant species. It is the main reason for the formation of seeds, fruits, and pesky allergy symptoms. Pollen grains have a hard outer coat made up of sporopollenin that shields the gametophytes from the stamens to the pistil of flowering plants or from the male cone to the female coniferous plants during the period of their flight. When pollen lands on a suitable pistil or female cone, it germinates, producing a tube of pollen that passes the sperm to the female gametophyte-containing ovule. Specific grains of pollen are small enough that they need magnification to see details. Palynology is the study of pollen and is particularly useful in paleoecology, paleontology, archaeology, and forensics.

Therefore the correct answer is Option C - Palynology.

Note:- There are many bright shades of pollen including red, yellow, white, and brown. Some insect pollinators such as bees do not see red and to attract these pollinators, plants produce yellow (or occasionally blue) pollen. This is why most plants have yellow pollen, although there are exceptions in some cases. For example, the red color attracts birds and butterflies, so some plants grow red pollen to attract these species.