Research reveals function of red stigmas in wind-pollinated flowers
Hazelnuts have long been prized as a tasty and nutritious food. Found in forests statewide in Missouri, they are a favorite ...
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Self-Pollinating Flowers: What Are They and How do They Work?
Eighty percent of plants rely on animal pollinators while other pollination is through water and wind. Selfing flowers have ...
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The Pollination of Exotic Flowers
IN connection with Prof. Groom's article on the pollination of exotic flowers (November 10, 1904, p. 26) the following notes may be of interest. The inflorescence of Marcgravia Umbellata is ...
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Research Unveils Red Stigmas' Role in Wind-Pollination
Hazelnuts have long been prized as a tasty and nutritious food. Found in forests statewide in Missouri, they are a favorite ...
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An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself
More than 130 years after a fungus-eating orchid species was discovered, the purpose of its mysterious appendage has been ...
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Seven insect heroes of pollination
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, ...
MIT develops swarms of tiny robotic insects that fly 100 times longer to aid pollination
MIT scientists are developing robotic insects that can help with pollination, potentially boosting crop production without ...
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The Pollination Ecology Lab at SFU
Current models predict that selfing should be advantageous for plants experiencing unreliable pollination (selfing increases reproductive ... from Vancouver Island that differ in flower size. We’ve ...