An international team of researchers led by biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has examined how seed formation is coordinated with fruit growth. In the latest edition of the ...

Plant landing is a major event during evolution. Accompanying their movement from aquatic to terrestrial habitats, different evolutionary plant lineages have evolved distinct characteristic body plans ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have made a big discovery in plants that reveal the triggers behind seed formation. The team has discovered the first such plant tissue in over 160 years.

Seed formation in Arabidopsis thaliana begins with the fertilisation of the egg and central cell, giving rise to the embryo and endosperm, respectively, both enveloped by the maternally derived seed ...