Pollen development is characterised by a highly coordinated series of cellular and subcellular transformations that culminate in the formation of a viable male gametophyte. Beginning with ...

The approach combines scanning electron microscopy with a computer vision model and a web-based application to automatically classify pollen grains based on their microscopic surface features. Its ...

They are very tiny, but they are a key source of information when it comes to Earth's evolutionary history: pollen grains are usually no larger than 20 micrometers, or 0.02 millimeters. Using these ...

A pivotal study has shed new light on the molecular underpinnings of plant reproduction, pinpointing a key interaction that is vital for the development of pollen. The research zeroes in on the ...

Smithsonian researcher Ingrid Romero studies fossil pollen to reconstruct ancient climates and predict future changes Erin Wunderlich Researcher Ingrid Romero holds a case full of pollen slides at the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model was trained with 6,404 images of 29 pollen species. There was 96% correlation in identifying pollen ...

Welcome to the secret sex life of plants captured in images by botanists from around Australia. There are some key differences between plants and animals in the quest to reproduce. But plants are also ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last June, Aaron Flansburg felt the temperature spike and knew ...

Due to climate change, plants' pollination season has been growing longer and longer. As a result, people are exposed to allergens for extended periods each year, raising a major public health concern ...