This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how flowers play a central role in the reproductive cycle of plants. Their striking array of colors, patterns, fragrances, and nectar all require lots of ...

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 ...

Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology and Nanjing University find that KNUCKLES, a small multi-functional protein, supports the correct timing of floral development for the proper ...

It makes great sense many plants flower when the insects and birds so vital to their reproductive success are also getting ...

Pollen blasts from Hypenea macrantha flowers knock competitors’ pollen off hummingbird beaks To see if the projectile pollen blew away the competition, evolutionary ecologist Bruce Anderson and ...

Minus bad pickup lines, one-night stands, and other social complexities, plants actually do have sex. When people pluck the sweet-smelling blooms of a plant, they’re actually dismembering the ...

In closely related plant species that display strong similarities in phenology and pollinator communities, differences in breeding system and associated shifts in floral traits may have important ...

Experimental populations of the annual plant, Ipomoea purpurea, composed of individuals belonging to two flower color morphs were studied to determine the effect of flower color on outcrossing rate ...

Researchers have found that KNUCKLES (KNU), a small multi-functional protein, helps flowers to complete their development correctly and in a timely way. KNU stops a feedback loop between two genes, ...