When the female gametes in plants become fertilized, a signal from the sperm activates cell division, leading to the formation of new plant seeds. This activation can also be deliberately triggered ...

Scientists have established a system to generate clonal sex cells in tomato plants and used them to design the genomes of offspring. The fertilization of a clonal egg from one parent by a clonal sperm ...

A research team at the University of California, Davis, has shown that cabernet sauvignon vines carry stable epigenetic ...

The present study identified factors that enhanced host susceptibility towards Myzus persicae’s clonal proliferation in the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. A particular aphid inoculum, i.e. five ...

A new genomic study reveals how Indigenous traditional farming practices have shaped the evolution of manioc – one of the world’s most important staple crops – for the better. The domestication of ...

Wei Wang, Guang-Da Ding, Philip John White, Xiao-Hua Wang, Ke-Mo Jin, Fang-Sen Xu and Lei Shi Plant and Soil Vol. 439, No. 1/2, Part I: Special Issue Crop Roots and Rhizosphere Interactions (June 2019 ...

Seed structure with a large central cell in the center (cell nucleus in yellow) surrounded by the tissue of the mother plant (purple). The mature central cell (left) is in a quiescent state until ...