As the warmer weather beckons, thoughts turn to gardening, whether for food, beauty or both. On Thursday evening, pollinator ...

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 ...

Syngenta Biotechnology China-led research, with partners in the U.S., France, the UK, Chile, the Netherlands, Argentina, and ...

Current models predict that selfing should be advantageous for plants experiencing unreliable pollination (selfing increases reproductive ... we are comparing functional aspects of the mating system ...

EIT Food, the world's largest food innovation community, has announced the winners of its Fast Track to Market Initiative, awarding a total of €874,503 in funding to mature agrifood startups and SMEs.

Many plants, including crops and the beautiful flowers we like to surround ourselves with, rely on pollination for survival. Pollination is not just the work of honeybees. Meet some of the buzzing, ...

By taking control of your plants' pollination, you can increase yields, enhance fruit quality, and experiment with selective breeding to develop improved strains. Below, experts explain how to ...

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 ...