A new paper in Annals of Botany indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The study shows that when plants and pollinators become uncoordinated, even for a ...

Avocado flowers exhibit a complex opening cycle, transforming from male to female stages. This dichogamy promotes pollen ...

Flowering plants exhibit a remarkable diversity of pollination mechanisms and breeding systems that underpin their reproductive success and influence ecosystem function. Abiotic vectors such as wind ...

When blooms appear on our fruit trees or vegetable gardens, we happily anticipate a bountiful harvest. If the bees help by doing their pollinating job, the fruits and vegetables should begin to ...