1. Small population size in plants is often associated with decreased fruit set through lower pollinator visitation and reduced offspring fitness as a result of inbreeding. Whether the potentially ...

Abstract: Hybridization in flowering plants is determined in part by the rate at which animal pollinators move between species and by the effectiveness of such movements in transferring pollen.

A new paper in Annals of Botany, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The study shows that when plants and ...

Argentine ants compete with bumble bees for prized nectar sources. But the bees are fighting back. Find out how.

Based on a symposium held as part of the 16th International Botanical Gongress held in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 1999. Contents The effect of variation among floral traits on the flower constancy of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming. In a new study, we installed miniature digital cameras and computers inside a greenhouse at a ...

As the weather warms, anticipation grows in people eager to grow vegetable gardens. Gardening daydreams become a canvas of plump tomatoes, colorful dangling peppers, and sprawling squash vines covered ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

In a rare discovery, researchers have documented Ethiopian wolves feeding on the nectar of Ethiopian red hot poker flowers. This happening is a novelty as per the experts, and these wolves are the ...

Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers sprayed with fertilizers or pesticides as they can detect electric field changes around the flower, researchers have found. Pollinators are less likely ...

Pollinators. They’re kind of a big deal. From iconic Monarch Butterflies and humble honey bees to fast-flying hummingbirds and acrobatic ... lemurs?! ... the ...

As the weather warms, anticipation grows in people eager to grow vegetable gardens. Gardening daydreams become a canvas of plump tomatoes, colorful dangling peppers, and sprawling squash vines covered ...