If you have a large collection of indoor plants, particularly herbs and veggies, here's what to know about the pollination process. When gardening in an apartment you'll realize popular selections ...
Pollination refers to pollen being transferred from the male part of a flower to the female part. Even the easiest fruit trees to grow need this process to produce their delicious fruit.
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a vital cash-crop for four to six million small-holder farmers across the tropics, and supports ...
Once fertilised, plants can make their seeds. For some plants, the process of pollination is the work of the wind and rain. In other cases, flowers just pollinate themselves. But many species have ...
He describes himself saying, "I'm particularly interested in their pollination mechanisms, employing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates taxonomy, ecology, and evolutionary biology." ...
Pollination is, however, a fundamental process for the survival of our ecosystems. Nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, entirely, or at least in part, on animal ...
Ivy: So it can create new plants on its own? You're exploding my mind. This film explores the process of pollination and the roles different parts of a plant play. The process is summarised at the ...
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 ...
Advancements in agriculture are now entering uncharted territory, propelled by significant breakthroughs in robotics. At the pinnacle of this pursuit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...
But there's a major problem-- domesticated honeybees cannot easily navigate indoors in artificial light and pollination by hand is an extremely expensive and time-intensive process. Thus the use ...
The findings revealed that increasing pollination rates above current levels could boost yields by 20%. This demonstrates that insufficient pollination is occurring to produce the maximum possible ...