Understanding the evolution of flowering plants through the SHUKR gene sheds light on plant adaptation and survival in ...

Releasing sterile male mosquitoes reduced the population of invasive pests in parts of Southern California by up to about 82%, studies found. Some vector control officials say bringing the ...

By targeting the BnaMS1 and BnaMS2 genes, they directly generated male-sterile lines from elite breeding materials, overcoming the traditional hurdles of propagation and sorting. The RUBY reporter ...

Millions of sterile male blowflies will be bred and released to mate with females in a flystrike eradication trial on Kangaroo Island. Flystrike causes animal suffering and costs the Australian ...

In order to mechanically separate small hybrid seeds from mixed harvest, the use of small-grain male sterile lines is promising. That said, it has been challenging to identify ideal grain-size ...

The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District is launching a new pilot program called Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). The program will release "X-ray sterilized male" mosquitoes in Los ...

It bears female and male flowers on separate trees, and it is the male flowers which are prized for food purposes. These are known as catkins (long, slender and spike-like flowers), and they hang ...

A species of spider found in China may have evolved so that a male-female pair together resembles a flower, helping them blend in with their background. “This may be the world’s first case of ...

Researchers have uncovered the mechanism underlying male sterility in insects caused by viral proteins present in Wolbachia bacteria. In a recent study, researchers from Penn State University (PA, USA ...

Transcriptomic analysis of sterile (160S-male sterile (MS) and fertile (160S-MF) flowers of Brassica napus revealed that ... found that PRX9 and PRX40 affect the development of normal anthers of ...

A 62-year-old man nicknamed "Mr Pink" has become the first male finalist for Flower Queen in Spalding's Flower Parade. The annual parade, which celebrates the area's flower-bulb-growing heritage ...

Frequently, the leaves and stems of a plant will prove to be just as fascinating as its flowers. This is a plant like that, and it is a native, aquatic species. Except for its leaves, the entire ...