High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pollination is the process by which pollen is transferred in plants, thereby enabling fertilization and sexual reproduction Pollen grains, which contain the male gametes (sperm) to where the female gamete(s) are contained within the carpel; in gymnosperms the pollen is directly applied to the ovule ожйдч itself The receptive part of the carpel is called a stigma in the flowers of angiosperms The receptive part of the gymnosperm ovule is called the micropyle Pollination is a necessary step in the reproduction of flowering plants, resulting in the production of offspring that are genetically diverse.  Avdyush2010 г Мягкая обложка, 80 стр ISBN 6130349203.