Researchers have identified a novel mechanism through which a protein in barley supports female fertility and could help ...

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

An image of barley's progression from pistil to grain. Researchers have identified a novel mechanism through which a protein ...

Germination of Pollen on Stigma (Fertilisation in flowering plants) After the pollen grain ... through the style and enters the ovary and ovule. In the ovule the male germ cell fuses with the ...

In angiosperms, polyspermy always occurs when multiple pollen tubes enter the same ovule. Plants have evolved various strategies to prevent polyspermy (Figure 2F). The authors declare that the ...

1 Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States 2 Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences ... poor pollen production, and ovule abortion (Hazra et al.

We’re not suggesting you go Full Poldark with a scythe, but there is something deeply attractive about a man who directs his efforts into nurturing a garden — even if it’s little more than a plant box ...