Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heiko119 / Getty Images Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are ...

Pollination in plants is the transfer of pollen from the anther (male part of the flower) to the stigma (female part). Following pollination, fertilization must then occur through the union of male ...

Close up of a woman's hand picking lime from a tree - Pumpui366/Shutterstock If you've been struggling to amp up the yield from your lime tree, despite it having a lot of flowers, chances are, your ...

This study is led by Dr. Yin-Zheng Wang (Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences). The research group first found that the stigma of Chirita pumila has movement, and proved that the ...

The Kaohsiung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station has developed a device to accurately control when bees enter and exit hives to boost passion fruit production. The station on Friday ...

The diminutive orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus was named in 1891 for the finger-like appendage on its stigma. Now, over 130 years later, Kobe University botanist SUETSUGU Kenji has discovered that ...

Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are scarce in your area or you're growing fruit-bearing plants indoors, hand-pollinating is ...