A scientist has moved a step closer to turning sexually-reproducing plants into asexual reproducers, a finding that could have profound implications for agriculture. Farmers throughout the world spend ...

Activity 1 – Tap and find Activity 2 – Flowering plant quiz Activity 3 – Steps of flowering reproduction Activity 4 – Label the sexual organs Unlike animals, plants don’t need a male and a female to ...

Key Points Propagation is a technique that allows gardeners to make clones of existing plants.This is a cost-effective method that removes the need to constantly buy seeds.Sweet potatoes, celery, and ...

Postdoc Imtiyaz Khanday and Professor Venkatesan Sundaresan with cloned rice plants in a UC Davis greenhouse, December 2018. Khanday, Sundaresan and colleagues have solved the problem of propagating ...

This release is available in Spanish. Farmers throughout the world spend an estimated $36 billion a year to buy seeds for crops, especially those with sought after traits such as hardiness and ...