Many flowering plants prevent inbreeding and increase genetic diversity by a process called self-incompatibility, in which pollination fails to set seed if the pollen is identified as its own by the ...
The world is undergoing an insect apocalypse, with our buggy friends experiencing global mass population decreases at an estimated 2 percent yearly due to a woeful combination of climate change, ...
John Hobbs, University of Missouri Extension specialist at Pineville, says nut trees are pollinated by the wind and fruit trees by bees. Some fruit cultivars need pollen from a second variety. For ...