Eighty percent of plants rely on animal pollinators while other pollination is through water and wind. Selfing flowers have ...

Some flowers are giving up on attracting pollinating insects and opting for a more self-reliant strategy: self-pollination. This evolutionary phenomenon is a response to the dwindling numbers of ...

There are certain factors to consider when growing fig trees in the Buckeye State - whether in pots or in the ground.

These flowers are being pollinated, but through self-pollination! The pollen travels from the stamen down into the flower's own ovary. In the instances at left, the violet flowers gain the ...

They are particularly suited for self-pollinating crops such as strawberries and tomatoes, said Jadhav, who is founder and chief executive of Singapore-based tech firm Polybee, which uses off-the ...

An organic seed company was distressed to learn it had marketed a GMO purple tomato by mistake. The incident raised alarm ...

"The simplest way to pollinate many plants is to shake the foliage gently to distribute the pollen," says Grace Baroun, marketing executive at Soltech. "This works especially well with self ...

In contrast, some hermaphroditic plant species are self-compatible and also capable of self-pollination, so they can make seeds whether or not their flowers are visited by pollinators. The ...

FUZHOU -- Chinese researchers have recently discovered the formation mechanism behind self-pollination in cultivated tomatoes, providing valuable insights for increasing tomato yield. Researchers ...

Despite the elaborate deception, bee orchids also engage in self-pollination, transferring pollen from the male to the female parts of the same plant. The late spider orchid however is pollinated ...

The plant can 'self-fertilize:' No pollination needed There’s more. Although they can reproduce sexually, garlic mustards also can “self-fertilize,” meaning they don’t require insects or ...