Plant reproduction is the production of new individuals from one or more parent plants. This can be accomplished by sexual or asexual means. Despite theoretical expectations of balanced 1:1 sex ...

The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and ...

Wilting flowers might not signal poor flower or plant health, but rather the effects of a sophisticated resource management strategy in plants, millions of years in the making.

Biologists at Brown University found what makes some types of tomatoes more heat tolerant, yielding insights that could help ...

Plants recycle resources from wilting flowers, storing them to enhance future reproduction and resource allocation.

Understanding the function of these parts can help in the success of the plant’s survival. The parts of the plants can be divided into sexual reproduction group and vegetative group. Sexual ...

Can we protect the 5,000-year legacy of medicinal plants and their multi-billion-dollar market value from climate change?

“That would be a great advantage.” Johnson’s lab has studied plant reproduction for years. Yet, a gap remained: no studies ...

"Most mature agaves generate offsets (rhizomatous suckers) called 'pups.' This is a vegetative or asexual method of ...