IN the history of angiosperm embryology there have been three distinct periods: the first, in which the chief aim was to unravel the chief facts regarding the development of the pollen and embryo sac, ...

A remarkable number of the defining features of flowering plants are expressed during the life history stage between pollination and fertilization. Hand pollinations of Amborella trichopoda ...

Since the discovery of double fertilization over a century ago, proteins mediating gamete interactions in flowering plants have remained elusive. A lily protein located at the sperm-cell surface that ...

Dr. Panchanan Maheshwari, an eminent botanist specialising in plant embryology, morphology and anatomy, plant physiology and biochemistry established the technique of test-tube fertilization of ...

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 ...

Peking University, May 6, 2025: The research team led by Qu Lijia and Zhong Sheng from the School of Life Sciences and the Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences has discovered a conserved "two-step ...