Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

The film explains the process of plant reproduction, covering both asexual and sexual methods. Asexual reproduction is demonstrated through simple organisms like algae, where cell division leads to ...

Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name—revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure reproduction.

130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name, a researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name -- revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure ...

Now, over 130 years later, Kobe University botanist SUETSUGU Kenji has discovered that this structure enables the plant to self-pollinate ... by which plants ensure reproduction.

But how did these immobile organisms manage to spread so far? One answer is pollination, or plant sexual reproduction. Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one ...

The long-term goal is to help growers use both native and managed bees to provide reliable and economical crop pollination, but this research also highlights our basic philosophy that conservation and ...

More than 130 years after a fungus-eating orchid species was discovered, the purpose of its mysterious appendage has been revealed ...

130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name, a Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name — revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ...

When it comes to deciding where they're going to get their next meal, different species of bees may be attracted to different flower traits.

"This includes promoting cross-pollination by taking into account the variety of the crop plants and the quality of the pollen. In addition, the quality of self-pollinated and cross-pollinated ...