When it comes to creating new plants from ones you already have, root starters could be the key to your garden's healthy life.The methods vary depending on which type of rooting hormone you choose ...

Nitrogen fertilizers used in agriculture contribute significantly to global warming. A new breeding concept, specifically for ...

Seed production by fertilization is essential for plant reproduction and seed crop yield. As early as 1904, botanists observed the interesting phenomenon of more than one pollen tube being ...

Plant genes share the same mechanism found in mammals in the way they are marked or ‘imprinted’ to switch on or off depending on their sex, just before fertilisation. Oxford scientists have ...