While the fact that pollination directly influences the quantity and quality of the fruit is hardly news, Celis’ team ...

Discover the rare beauty of a yellow dragon fruit flower captured open in the morning—a special sight since these flowers ...

Baby corn, essentially unfertilized young ears of corn, is a specialty food gaining interest for its high nutrition and low ...

Air pollution is a widespread issue affecting millions of people around the world, causing disastrous effects. But we humans are not the only ones to suffer from unclean air. In the last decade, a ...

Late March through mid-April marks the time of pistachio bloom in California’s Central Valley. The dynamics at bloom not only determine the anticipated yield of the crop but also offer predictors of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee bill seeks to expand the definition of what constitutes a “person” to begin at the point of fertilization. Currently in Tennessee, a “person” legally includes an ...

Assessment of parthenocarpy in two southern highbush blueberry breeding populations. (A) The parthenocarpy treatment included emasculation of flowers and exclusion of pollinators for 10 flowers of ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they evolved flashy petals. Now we know how they may have done it: not with ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest form of pollination. Rhopalotria furfuracea beetles pollinate the cones of ...

Scenes from the City of Orlando’s Art Pollination project debut in downtown Orlando, Tuesday, Sept, 9, 2025. The project brings together a group of Central Florida muralists and artists —producing a ...

JT Cornelis works for the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, as an Associate Professor in soil science. He receives funding from NSERC Discovery Grant, NSERC ...