With their dazzling blooms, orchids are among the most famous and collected flowering plants on Earth. But orchids are not ...

It’s been a rocky start to the 2024 growing season for many corn growers, with some parts of the Corn Belt enduring persistent rainfall, wind and hail. Those weather factors, along with rising ...

Agronomists and farmers are finding some pollination issues in specific genetics that were impacted by environmental stress during early, rapid growth. Pollination is always a critical point in corn ...

Although Earth Day has passed, it’s never too late to celebrate and help our planet’s ecosystem. From recycling to lowering ...

A study looking at the impacts of common air pollutants has found that flower pollination is significantly lower where pollution is present. Visits to flowers by pollinators was more than 80 per cent ...

Tomato plants use similar biochemical mechanisms to reject pollen from their own flowers as well as pollen from foreign but related plant species, thus guarding against both inbreeding and ...

A large percentage of the world's food production relies on bee pollination, but what do we do when the bees can't be relied on? US startup Dropcopter has just demonstrated that it can deliver a 25 to ...

Editors’ note: The following is an adapted excerpt of InGenius (Harper One) by Tina Seelig. What happens when you cross a checkerboard with a midnight snack? You get edible checkers, sold with the ...

Pollination Management is the label for horticultural practices that accomplish or enhance pollination of a crop, to improve yield or quality, by understanding of the particular crop's pollination ...

If your garden doesn't have any bumblebees, Ruud Kleinpaste has a tip for assisting with pollination yourself.