The innovation, led by Yu Yinghong, a researcher at the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, is embodied in a prototype device that combines cutting-edge laser spectroscopy and artificial ...

The embryonic seedling is attached to the cotyledon(s) along with the radicle, or microscopic root. As water enters the seed, the coat expands and wrinkles to allow air and water to enter and gain ...

Fruit, and the seeds they protect, are crucial to species' survival. A new book - written by two experts from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - reveals the ingenious and often devious strategies which ...