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Published Plants offer fruit to insects to disperse dust-like seeds



Fruit exist to invite animals to disperse the swallowed seeds. A research team found that plants tar ...
Published Mysterious fruit shown to be the oldest known fossils of the Frankincense and Myrrh family



Early in the 1970s, paleontologists discovered strange fossilized fruits between hardened rock from ...
Published New tomato, potato family tree shows that fruit color and size evolved together



A new family tree of the plant genus Solanum helps explain the striking diversity of their fruit col ...
Published The microbiome of fruit and vegetables positively influences diversity in the gut



In a meta-study, a research team has provided evidence that the consumption of fruit and vegetables ...
Published Groundcherry gets genetic upgrades: Turning a garden curiosity into an agricultural powerhouse



Imagine a small fruit that tastes like a cross between a tomato and a pineapple, wrapped in its own ...
Published Tropical forests can't recover naturally without fruit-eating birds



Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester...
Published Mitochondrial genome editing technique yields useful traits



Tweaks to the mitochondrial genome hold the potential for better hybrid seed production or to introd...
Published Prostate cancer study: More health benefits from plant-based diet



Men with prostate cancer could significantly reduce the chances of the disease worsening by eating m...
Published Researchers decipher enzyme scissors of intestinal microbes



Fruit and vegetables contain a variety of plant natural products such as flavonoids, which give frui ...
Published Fungi-eating plants and flies team up for reproduction



Fungi-eating orchids were found for the first time to offer their flowers to fungi-eating fruit flie ...
Published Blink and you'll miss these plants shooting their seeds



When witch hazel plants are ready to disperse their seeds, the woody seed capsules split open, press...
Published Switching from harmful to helpful fungi



Mold and diseases caused by fungi can greatly impact the shelf life of fruit and vegetables. However ...
Published Flowering for naught: 120 years with nothing to show - Flowering for Naught: A Century-Long Wait with No Reward



Flowering for some plants is a yearly occurrence, for others, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event. A wi...
Published Genome research: Origin and evolution of vine - Genome Research: Origin and Evolution of Vine


Cultivation and growth of grapevines have strongly influenced European civilizations, but where the...
Published Sunflower extract fights fungi to keep blueberries fresh



Opening a clamshell of berries and seeing them coated in fuzzy mold is a downer. And it's no small p...
Published Arming vegetables with anti-inflammatory properties using plant pigments - Arming Vegetables with Anti-Inflammatory Properties Using Plant Pigments


Metabolic engineering is a field of plant biotechnology that seeks to genetically modify plant metab...
Published Moths are more efficient pollinators than bees, shows new research - Moths: The Surprising Pollinators


Moths are more efficient pollinators at night than day-flying pollinators such as bees, finds new re...
Published Nature's chefs: Scientists propose food-making as means of understanding species interactions - Nature's Chefs: Scientists Propose Food-Making as Means of Understanding Species Interactions



An interdisciplinary group of researchers is proposing a new way to think of some interactions betwe...
Published Earlier take-off could lead to fewer bumblebees and less pollination - Earlier Take-Off Could Lead to Fewer Bumblebees and Less Pollination


With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to...
Published Bigger flowers, greater rewards: Plants adapt to climate disruptions to lure pollinators - Bigger Flowers, Greater Rewards: Plants Adapt to Climate Disruptions to Lure Pollinators


There's been a well-documented shift toward earlier springtime flowering in many plants as the world...