Researchers have identified a genetic sequence that is essential for plant reproduction. As this region is found in all plant species, it is expected to contribute to future crossbreeding initiatives ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...

Humans like plants. We like seeing them change the colour of their leaves throughout the year. They connect us to nature even if we live in a big ...

Balanophora plants represent an extreme example of this shift. They do not produce their own food through photosynthesis but instead draw nutrients directly from the roots of other plants. Most of ...

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CHILD: And they smell nice. NAOMI: In the spring and summer many plants grow flowers, covering the spaces around us in beautiful colour. But flowers have a very important job. They help plants make ...

Researchers in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology (PMB) have uncovered the intricate molecular processes that precede reproduction in flowering plants. Published July 6 in Nature, the ...

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...

Ivy: Well, these pests are bothering my lovely flowers! Posey: They're pollinating them! It's important. Ivy: Are you sure? It looks like they're just headbutting them. Posey: That's because the ...