Throughout its journey within the female parts of the flower (the stigma, style and ovule), intense communication happens ...

The mutant grows a pollen tube to an ovule and bursts to release sperm, a normal course of events. But hap2's sperm can't fuse with the female gametes. It is a convenient dud.

The flower’s stamen produces powdery stuff called pollen in its anther and the stigma has a bit that can turn pollen into seeds, the ovule. The flower makes nectar, which some insects and birds ...

A group of scientists from Nagoya University in Japan has used a specialized microscopic technique to observe the internal reproduction process of the Arabidopsis plant. Their findings, published ...

Among the revelations that arose from her 13-year-long investigation was the degree of control that a flower’s female sex organs have over the fertilisation process.

How plants 'mate' for life and repel other suitors Date: May 21, 2024 Source: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University ...