The time of flowering is important in crop production. Rice has now been genetically engineered to respond to agrochemical spraying, which results in floral induction. This research offers new ...

Mosses, liverworts, ferns and algae may offer an exciting new research frontier in the global challenge of protecting crops from the threat of disease. These non-flowering plants are often regarded as ...

As sweet as it is to spot yellow flowers popping up on a cucumber (Cucumis sativa) plant, when you're trying to create a flourishing vegetable garden, it's upsetting when you only see flowers and they ...

1 The seasonal timing of flower production is a critical event in the life cycle of many plants. A range of abiotic and biotic interactions has been suggested to influence the optimal flowering ...

A flowering bottle brush bush. On this edition, we sought Tapp’s advice for how to contend with fruit flies attacking a house plant, why some bottle brushes that are supposed to be flowering aren’t, ...

Dec. 13, 2012 — -- Charles Darwin must have thought the very foundation of his theory of evolution was in danger when he wrote a note to his friend Joseph Hooker in 1879, two decades after ...

Chris Wyver is a PhD student at the University of Reading. He receives funding from the Waitrose Collaborative Training Partnership and BBSRC. Laura Reeves works for the University of Reading. she ...