There are flowering plants that have the ability to self-pollinate, meaning that they can fertilize themselves without a partner. A biological advantage of self-pollination, also known as "selfing", ...

TORONTO, ON (Canada) - New research by scientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) offers novel insights into why and how wind-pollinated plants have evolved from insect-pollinated ancestors.

Q: I am going to start tomato plants indoors under lights this spring and then transplant them to my garden. I’m just looking at seed catalogs, and I see that some tomatoes are “open pollinated” and ...