An e-Gro Alert from Christopher J. Currey of Iowa State covers a recent diagnosis of a strange plant fertilization problem.

Since 2005, scientists have known that fertilization is necessary for the seed body, known as the hypocotyl, to receive ...

Fertilization is the fusion of two haploid gametes, during the process of sexual reproduction ... with mixed genetical heritage. In flowering plants, the pollen grain germinates once it reaches ...

The mutation process generates random genetic variations, resulting in mutant plants with new and useful traits ... is based on the self-fertilization – or selfing – of mutants until the induced ...