Flowering plants naturally know when they need to spare or perish their cells. Scientists have now examined the ovules of plant cells to reveal a novel cell-elimination system based on an unusual cell ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Flower-visiting birds commonly injure the inner floral parts of plants in probing for nectar. The separation of the nectary from the ovary ...

Researchers found that attractant peptides released by female tissues initiate rapid depolymerization and repolymerization of actin at the leading edge of the pollen tube tip, steering its direction ...

You might think flowers don’t have much choice about who they mate with, given they are rooted to the ground and can’t move. But when scientists from Nagoya, Japan used powerful microscopes to study ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract (1) Limitations of resources and pollen are often highlighted as factors regulating ovule survivorship, and the importance of ovule predation ...