Orphan genes, found only in specific lineages, are key drivers of new functions and phenotypic traits. This discovery lays a ...

Professor Pyke says plants have evolved diverse strategies for managing their flowers after they've served their primary ...

“By displacing previously deposited pollen, flowers increase their chances of successfully fertilising ovules,” Brito said. The study’s findings open up new avenues of research into plant ...

Its main function is the transporting of water and nutrients up from the roots to the leaves. It is also the stem that transports the sugar from the leaves to the other parts. It supports the leaves, ...

Heterologous transformation further identified the function of Vvi-miR3633a downregulated under heat stress in Arabidopsis. In the heterologous expression lines, the survival rate was reduced by high ...

The style also has a more important function of distinguishing between pollens so that the right pollen for the plant is on the pathway to the ovules. The last part is the ovary which holds the ovules ...

Speaking to a gathering in Old Goa, Parrikar said, “Almost 15-days back I had appealed to the state authorities that during government functions flowers or bouquets should not be wrapped in a plastic.