In the flowering plant world, reproduction means an intricate succession of events. It begins when a pollen grain that carries the sperm cells lands on the top of the pistil, the female reproductive ...

Stamens produce fine grains, called pollenCarpels produce ovules ... different in structure from wind-pollinated flowers. This table describes some differences: Examples of plants that use ...

After fertilisation in flowering plants, the fertilised ovule develops into a seed. The seeds of many flowering plants have the following structure.

So, how do plants ensure that each ovule is only penetrated by just one ... acidity and cellular structures. The recent study from Japan used advanced imaging techniques to show that protein ...