Olive reproductive biology is marked by a complex interplay between morphological adaptations and genetic self-incompatibility systems, which collectively mediate the process of wind pollination. The ...

From fundamental biological units as tiny as genes to complex societies, ecological systems rely on cooperation. All manner ...

Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 105, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1978), pp. 24-38 (15 pages) Lupinus arizonicus (Wats.) Wats. and L. sparsiflorus Benth., two closely related desert annuals, are ...

Are plants tricking insects into taking their nectar? In today's Academic Minute, Widener University's Kate Goodrich explores that question. Goodrich is an associate professor of biology at Widener. A ...

This study was led by Prof. Shuang-Quan Huang, Director of Institute of Evolution and Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University. Prof. Huang has been dedicated to pollination ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The genus Viola is represented by four related species in Brazil belonging to section Leptidium, one of the most primitive sections in the ...

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 nectar ...

When a hummingbird or a hawk moth sups on the sweet nectar of a wild tobacco plant, they're not just getting a tasty meal in exchange for their services in spreading the plant's pollen. Instead, a new ...

In a group of plants that is famous for luring its pollinators into a death trap, one species offers its flowers as a nursery in exchange. The discovery blurs the line between mutualism and parasitism ...