The fact that apples grown from seedling trees are extremely tart and basically inedible — as opposed to cloned or grafted ...

Pollination is the first step of flowering plant reproduction: pollen moves from male flower parts to female flower parts, to fertilize the ovule and produce seeds.

Throughout its journey within the female parts of the flower (the stigma, style and ovule), intense communication happens between the pollen tube and the various parts of the pistil. The ovule ...

This is due to a range of heat-induced reproductive failures, including bud drop, abnormal flower development, poor pollen production, and ovule abortion (Hazra et al., 2007). Peppers also experience ...

It's almost spring! And March 12 is National Plant a Flower Day, the perfect day to bask in the sunlight and plant flowers ...

Scientists have shown that one portion of the petunia’s genetic code can direct the creation of molecules behind the plant’s ...

One of the best-known works of art at the New Orleans Museum of Art is a regal painting of Marie Antoinette. Painted in 1788 ...

Dividing overcrowded clumps of certain flowers in spring will keep your garden looking good, and give you extra plants to ...

Going over the data days later, Haviland-Jones made a surprising discovery: everyone who got the flowers displayed a Duchenne smile—a sincere expression considered by psychologists to be “the ...