High-speed video showed that pollen grains from exploding flowers functioned like missiles to knock existing pollen away. “It’s almost like there’s a division of labor for pollen.

Stigma The top of the female part of the flower which collects pollen grains. self pollination - pollen from an anther of the same flower or same plant arrives at the stigma of the flower.

You might think flowers don't have much choice about who they mate with, given they are rooted to the ground and can't move.

For gardeners understanding cross-pollination is key because it helps you plan your garden well. Here’s all you need to ...

So, they extracted some grains of pollen and analyzed them, along with the flower's anatomy. After re-examining the blossom, they concluded that the 19th-century scientists who first investigated ...

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Indeed, Figure 1 shows an example of a cross between homozygous pea plants with purple flowers and long pollen grains and homozygous plants with red flowers and round pollen grains that exhibits ...

Pollen grains have a hard coat that protects the sperm cells during their movement to the female sex organs in order to effect fertilization. Growth-derived mechanical conflicts between tissues ...