Swallowing a stray lemon or grapefruit seed is harmless for most people—but an expert explains why eating them on purpose isn’t recommended.

Scientists identified a gene responsible for triggering plants to develop fruits and seeds. This finding may help agriculturists bypass pollination altogether for food production, which will be ...

Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2005), pp. 206-212 (7 pages) Field experiments were conducted in two successive growing seasons (summer-autumn and springsummer) to determine the ...

The world’s largest seed, the coco de mer, is legendary among plants. It can weigh over 50 pounds and measure up to three feet in circumference. Before it was discovered that it grew on palms native ...