How plants make copies of themselves—key 'cloning switch' gene identified

A Hiroshima-University-led research team has discovered a key gene responsible for the initiation of gemma development, acting as a "master switch" to start asexual reproduction (cloning) in the model ...
Science Daily

Plant's name-giving feature found to be new offspring-ensuring method

130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name, a researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name -- revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure ...
Phys.org

Hormone-free plant regeneration method works for multiple crops

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), working in close collaboration with KeyGene, have developed a method that enables plant cells to regenerate into complete plants without the need ...
The Conversation

The fascinating secrets of plant reproduction that scientists are still uncovering

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. But when scientists from Nagoya, Japan used powerful microscopes to study ...