In the flowering plant world, reproduction means an intricate succession ... picking up signals along the way that reveal the location of an ovule. Blocking signals prevent polytubey—the fertilization ...

You might think flowers don't have much choice about who they mate with, given they are rooted to the ground and can't move.

then passes along the pollen tube and joins with the nucleus of the ovule (the female gamete). This process is called fertilisation. Radicle The young root that will become the adult plant below ...

Pollination is the first step of flowering plant reproduction: pollen moves from male flower parts to female flower parts, to fertilize the ovule and produce seeds.

"We found MADS31 functions to prevent the expression of seed genes in the ovule until after fertilization, allowing the mother plant to create a nurturing environment to give the seeds the best ...