Pollination is an integral part of our ecosystem, ensuring the growth of a diversity of plants, fruits, vegetables, nuts and ...

Plants in the solanaceous family like peppers, eggplant and tomatoes have what are called “perfect” flowers. Perfect flowers ...

However, active pollination, like that done by insects ... They tend to pollinate different types of flowers than bees. However, their offspring need animal protein and so are fed with smaller ...

Pollination mutualisms can affect the outcomes of other kinds of species interactions. Consider a simple example, with two animal-pollinated plant species and one animal pollinator species (Figure 3).

Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

but it usually takes careful observation to sort out specific pollination relationships. Most flowers attract several different kinds of pollinators, with several different attractants which may not ...

Pollination is, however, a fundamental process for the survival of our ecosystems. Nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, entirely, or at least in part, on animal ...

Climate change poses a major well-known risk to cacao production. But a new study finds that low pollination is also limiting ...

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed advanced robotic insects that could aid farming through artificial pollination. They could prove especially useful in ...