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Improvements in techniques for collecting and preserving pollen have facilitated research and commercial uses of pollen. Tomb engravings from Egypt (Frontispiece) indicate that by 1000 B.C. whole branches of date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, were transported by hand to pollinate female flowers (Wodehouse, 1935). In the 20th century many different methods of collecting and handling pollen have been developed. These vary with the pollen species and purposes for which the pollen is to be used.
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Stanley, R.G., Linskens, H.F. (1974). Collection and Uses. In: Pollen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65905-8_4
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