Seeds, tubers, cuttings, oh my! There are many ways to propagate garden plants, and understanding them can be both fascinating and a bit daunting. Plant propagation falls into two main categories: ...

Only one parent is needed in asexual reproduction and the offspring are exact copies. Not all plants produce flowers. These are called non-flowering plants. Ferns and mosses are examples of plants ...

We also know the disadvantages of a lack of variation in asexual crop plants. For example, attack by parasites led to the Irish potato famine in 1845–49. Currently bananas are under threat from ...

Their findings open up new avenues for the asexual propagation of crop plants. Seeds are the end product of plant reproduction. Whether directly as food, or indirectly as animal feed, they provide ...

One such animal should be the clonal raider ant, which produces daughter after genetically identical daughter directly from an unfertilized ovum through parthenogenesis, a method of asexual ...

Sperm-derived signal activates cell division of the female gamete If we could find a way to propagate crop plants by asexual reproduction through seeds – known as apomixis – it would revolutionize ...