noun
- the period or processes occurring after pollen has been deposited on the stigma of a flower
Usage: botany; technical
Examples
- Postpollination events include pollen tube growth and fertilization.
- The researchers studied postpollination mechanisms in several plant species.
- Postpollination development determines whether fertilization will be successful.
- Environmental stress during the postpollination phase can reduce seed set.
- Postpollination incompatibility prevents some pollen from reaching the ovule.