One answer is pollination, or plant sexual reproduction. Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one flower to another, where fertilization takes place. Below ...

Without fertilization, viable seeds rarely develop ... which typically takes six years through repeated self-pollination. In the study, "Haploid facultative parthenogenesis in sunflower sexual ...

A study published online today (July 28) in Science shatters yet another pollination paradigm by showing that a small crustacean species facilitates the fertilization of the red alga Gracilaria ...

Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen. The research details successful trials where nutritionally stressed colonies, ...

Self-pollination occurs when pollen transfer ... of the same flower, allowing for fertilization. Self-pollinating plants have male and female parts in the same flower, and the plants will have ...

Beekeepers play a crucial role in supporting honeybee pollination and mitigating threats like overpopulation and varroa mites. Pollination by honeybees and other insects is essential for fruit and ...

While foraging for nectar and pollen, honeybees unintentionally transfer pollen from plant to plant, enabling fertilization ... nectar and pollen and doing the pollination for you,” honey ...