This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how flowers play a central role in the reproductive cycle of plants. Their striking array of colors, patterns, fragrances, and nectar all require lots of ...

Flowering is controlled by a plant’s natural response to light called photoperiodism. This complex process of interacting factors plays a pivotal role in reproduction, fruit and grain production, etc.

Selective breeding of plants can help give them new beneficial traits, but trees have a frustratingly long reproductive cycle. Now, scientists at the University of Georgia have used CRISPR ...