Plant reproduction plays a vital role in our food systems and the balance of ecosystems, yet it remains a complex process. Plants exhibit a range of reproductive strategies: some are strictly male or ...

Seeds, young plants, tubers and other types of plant reproductive material are an important part of our food supplies. They help ensure the productivity, diversity, and the health and quality of ...

This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how flowers play a central role in the reproductive cycle of plants. Their striking array of colors, patterns, fragrances, and nectar all require lots of ...

Asteraceae presents one of the most diverse and intricate reproductive systems among flowering plants. The family is typified by its composite inflorescences, which combine both ray and disc florets ...

Oecologia, Vol. 177, No. 4, Special Feature on Coordinated Approaches to Global Change Research (April 2015), pp. 1075-1087 (13 pages) Reproduction is an important life history trait that strongly ...

DFG Research Unit “Innovation and Coevolution in Plant Sexual Reproduction” (ICIPS) will be funded for another four years The Research Unit “Innovation and Coevolution in Plant Sexual Reproduction” ...

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have shed light on the reproductive role of 'dark matter' DNA - non-coding DNA sequences that previously ...

1 The term `density-dependence' is often applied rather loosely to a variety of aspects of local abundance. `Density' is most commonly measured as the size of a local population and/or the (average) ...

Grape phylloxera -- the insect that nearly wiped out wine production at the end of the 19th century in France -- hijacks a grape vine's reproductive programs to create a leaf gall, which it uses as a ...

A team of scientists at The University of Toledo uncovered new, galling details in the intimate relationship between insects and plants, opening the door to new possibilities in protecting the source ...