An organ system is made from a group of different ... female part of the flower which collects pollen grains. During plant reproduction, pollen grains need to move to the stigma of a flower.

In both flowering plants and animals, these reproductive cells ... Chemotaxis acts a bit like a navigation system where the growing tip of the pollen tube homes in on the source of these protein ...

Plant breeding plays a vital role in ensuring global food security by increasing crop yields, improving nutritional quality ...

Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

Institute for Sustainable Food Research Fellow, Dr Jess Dunn, has been awarded a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) fellowship to explore plant reproductive physiology in ...