Eighty percent of plants rely on animal pollinators while other pollination is through water and wind. Selfing flowers have ways of self-pollination including autogamy and geitonogamy. Selfing flowers ...

Even as we move into gardening seasoning outside, I am keeping all of my indoor gardens going through the summer months. I’ve ...

These plants can be hand-pollinated by gently shaking them so pollen is dislodged and lands on the pollen-collecting parts of the flower.' These are known as self-pollinating, hermaphroditic plants.

The Independent Multitaskers Monoecious trees such as oak are the multitaskers of the tree world — a single tree bears both ...

Hybrid breeding may lead to a revolution in potato farming, creating new varieties resistant to disease and drought.

As self-seeding is hit and miss, collect seeds as they ripen. Seeds take about two months from flowering to shedding their ...

Jim Myers, a professor of vegetable breeding and genetics at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University, ...

Jagpal Singh Phogat champions beekeeping as a profitable and sustainable alternative for farmers, offering increased income ...

When Charles Darwin first presented his Theory of Natural Selection in 1858, there was scant understanding about the ...

Dragon fruit offers a combination of health benefits, economic potential, sustainability, culinary versatility and aesthetic ...

Corteva has said it takes labor abuses in its supply chain seriously. But, since it first hired T. Bell, the contractor has ...

“Women perfumed their hair with vanilla,” Haynes said. “The Aztecs used it to flavor a cacao beverage” known as xocolati, ...