transpirasi dan absorbsi) • Angin yang terlalu kencang akan mengganggu pertumbuhan dan perkembangan akar Angin kencang
• mengganggu kemampuan akar untuk tinggal di dalam
tanah • mengurangi kemampuan tanaman untuk menyerap air • mendorong ke arah tekanan air parah kematian. • Laju transpirasi yang berakibat peningkatan penyerapan hara • Mempengaruhi fotosintesis • Pemindahan benih yang tidak lagi pada lubang tanam • efek tidak langsung terhadap komunikasi serangga. How Does Wind Affect Plant Size?
• Angin mempengaruhi pertumbuhan dan
pengembangan tanaman dalam banyak hal. Pertumbuhan Lebih pendek dan abnormal sering disebabkan oleh angin kencang. Kita dapat membandingkan pertumbuhan tanaman pada daerah berangin kencang dengan tidak • Menggangu pertumbuhan akar • kombinasi angin dan matahari mempengaruhi ukuran produk tanaman. • The amount of these two elements can quickly determine how plant surfaces dry. Thus, wind increases water loss through evaporation. As a result, wind-blown plants require more watering or they will develop water stress and could die. • Strong winds can also damage plants by breaking them, distorting their growth, and lowers the air temperature around plants, which reduces their rate of growth. Spread pathogens • Finally, wind can spread pathogens from one place to another, especially when accompanied by rain. Windblown rain can spread spores from infected plants to healthy ones, quickly inhibiting their ability to sustain healthy growth and plant size. • The pollination process as an interaction between flower and vector • It is important in horticulture and agriculture, because fruiting is dependent on fertilisation, which is the end result of pollination Pollination • Abiotic pollination • Biotic pollination • The most common form of abiotic pollination, anemophily, is pollination by wind • This form of pollination is predominant in grasses, most conifers, and many deciduous trees dynamics of the crop canopy Plant Wind Protection
• You can also plant wind protection in your
garden. Incorporating hardy trees and shrub such as: screens, and trellis panels can make effective wind buffers for plant wind protection. • You can also create small, protected recesses within windy slopes or other areas of the wind garden. Simply dig out pockets for the plants to grow in and surround these with built up rocks or stones. To keep the wind from drying out the soil and help retain moisture, add an extra layer of mulch as well. Wind Resistant Plants
• Some plants are considered wind resistant. Wind-
resistant plants have flexible stems (palms and crepe myrtles are good wind resistant plants) • Plants that are adapted to windy conditions usually have small, narrow leaves as well, such as needle- leaved conifers and ornamental grasses. In fact, ornamental grasses are some of the most wind- resistant plants around, and most require little watering. They can even serve as miniature windbreak plantings for less wind-tolerant plants. • From perennials like daylilies, daisies, flax, and coreopsis to annuals such as zinnias and nasturtiums, there are a variety of wind resistant plants for these conditions. Controlling Cross Pollination – How To Stop Cross Pollination
• Cross pollination can cause problems for
gardeners who wish to save the seeds of their vegetables or flowers from year to year. Unintentional cross pollination can “muddy” the traits you want to keep in the vegetable or flower you are growing. Can You Control Cross Pollination?
• Yes, cross pollination can be controlled. You
need to take some extra steps though to ensure that cross pollination does not occur. • Prevent cross pollination by growing only one species of plant • One method is to only grow one variety of a species in your garden. Cross pollination is unlikely to happen if there is only one variety of a species of plant in your garden. But, there is a very slight chance that a stray pollinating insect could carry pollen to your plants. • If you would like to grow more than one variety, you need to determine if the plant you are growing is self or wind and insect pollinated. Most flowers are wind or insect pollinated but some vegetables are not. • To prevent cross pollination, you would need to plant different varieties 100 yards or more apart. This is normally not possible in the home garden. Integrated Monitoring of Wind Plant Systems