Seeds, young plants, tubers and other types of plant reproductive material are an important part of our food supplies. They help ensure the productivity, diversity, and the health and quality of ...

Researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants. The ...

Plant reproduction plays a vital role in our food systems and the balance of ecosystems, yet it remains a complex process. Plants exhibit a range of reproductive strategies: some are strictly male or ...

We examined correlatively the joint effects of light, supporting plant characteristics, plant size, and floral display on pollinia removal and fruit production of 103 individuals of the orchid ...

Terrestrial plants began making a permanent home on land from the sea at least 420 million years ago. Updated methodologies in genetic data research has determined this number could be as old as 500 ...

An understanding of certain basic principles of horticultural science is sometimes important in gardening. When it comes to fruit production, this is certainly true. Plants that are grown for their ...

The Borderea chouardii plant, which is critically endangered and is found only on two adjacent cliff sides in the Pyrenees, employs a unique and risky doubly mutualistic reproductive strategy with ...

Kip E. Panter, Lynn F. James, Dale R. Gardner, Michael H. Ralphs, James A. Pfister, Bryan L. Stegelmeier and Stephen T. Lee Poisonous plants that impair normal reproductive functions in livestock ...

DURING the process of sex differentiation, male and female metabolic systems develop in the flower. Their unification at pollination creates a single system with a metabolism of extremely high ...