Land use change, by disrupting the co-evolved interactions between plants and their pollinators, could be causing plant reproduction to be limited by pollen supply. Using a phylogenetically controlled ...

In the dark and moist understories of the subtropical forests of Shimoshima Island in Japan grow parasitic plants that feed on the roots of other plants. They are called Balanophora, and for over a ...

Pollinating tomatoes by hand can ensure that more fruit develops.

Pollen of flowering plants can be dispersed by animals, wind or even by water. In assessing pollination modes, a fundamental question is how many flowering plants are pollinated by animals. Although ...

Human changes to the environment have been linked to widespread pollinator declines. New research shows that intensive land use will further decrease pollination and reproductive success of wild ...

Pollination ecology examines the diverse ways in which plants and their pollen vectors interact to achieve sexual reproduction, maintain genetic diversity and sustain ecosystem services. Floral traits ...

If you have an interest in the complexities of plant reproduction, you’ll love Peter Bernhardt’s Unsung Heroes of Pollination ...

A new paper in Annals of Botany, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The study shows that when plants and ...

Around 4,000 plant species from different parts of the world secrete nectar outside their flowers, such as on their stems or leaves, through secretory glands known as extrafloral nectaries. Unlike ...

The gardener first noticed something was wrong when her squash plants flowered heavily but produced almost no fruit.

Artificial light disrupts nocturnal pollination and leads to a reduced number of fruits produced by the plant. This loss of night time pollination cannot be compensated by diurnal pollinators. The ...

As darkness falls across much of the modern world, truly dark landscapes have become increasingly rare. Artificial light now ...