Most organisms produce far more sperm than eggs. In mammal reproduction, the sperm are highly mobile, and many arrive at the egg around the same time. Yet multiple fertilization rarely happens.

Studying plant vegetative reproduction is key to increasing crop yield and for bioengineering. Kobe University research is ...

A new paper in Annals of Botany indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The ...

Sexual reproduction in plants happens in a cycle-like pattern. Flowers come from seeds, and they create seeds too. All flowering plants go through the following life cycle.

Flower development in cannabis is key to its therapeutic and industrial potential, but how this complex process is regulated ...

More information: A single homeobox gene triggers phase transition, embryogenesis and asexual reproduction, Nature Plants 2, Article number: 15209 (2016) DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.209 , www.nature ...

According to the researchers, the reproduction process seen in the 100-million-year old fossil is the same process used by modern flowering plants, or angiosperms.

Scientists have discovered a sexual reproduction process in microalgae that helps them to better understand algae and plant evolution. Their discovery could lead to new industrial applications for ...

Teacher Notes This film could be used as an introduction to plants and reproduction. Pupils could write a non-fiction report on plant reproduction or the process of pollination. Working in pairs ...