Sex in the garden is more straightforward for the birds and the bees than it’s for the plants. Reproductive processes vary among flowering plants; for many, there is more than one option. When ...

Researchers have identified a genetic sequence that is essential for plant reproduction. As this region is found in all plant species, it is expected to contribute to future crossbreeding initiatives ...

This news release is available in Portuguese. A European and US consortium coordinated by Jorg Becker, group leader at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), has now received funding of ...

Alex Harkess holds the Amborella plant sequenced in this study in 2013, during his training in Leebens-Mack’s lab at UGA. Plant reproduction is a cornerstone of our food system and ecological balance; ...

MIT engineers reveal plant seeds can "hear" the sound of rain, which awakens them from a dormant state and prompts them to ...

Fungi-eating orchids were found for the first time to offer their flowers to fungi-eating fruit flies in exchange for pollination, which is the first evidence for nursery pollination in orchids. This ...

For those of you with strawberry plants, they should be actively growing by now. Strawberry plants are prolific, throwing off daughter plants throughout the season. Where there was one, there ...