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Question: 1)Why nectar is produced? 2)when nectar is produced? 3)how nectar is produced in flowers?

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  1)Why nectar is produced? 2)when nectar is produced? 3)how nectar is produced in flowers?

  Answer

  Nectar is produced as a reward for pollinators (though it is sometimes also produced outside of the flower to reward insects that live in mutual benefit to the plant). Nectar is usually produced during the critical stage of flower opening when pollen is ready to be transported by an animal (e.g., insect, bird) to another flower. It is produced by specialized cells, sometimes aggregated into glandular regions on the ovary or petals (for example), called nectaries.