Since the discovery of double fertilization over a century ago, proteins mediating gamete interactions in flowering plants have remained elusive. A lily protein located at the sperm-cell surface ...

In flowering plants, seed development is preceded by a double fertilization event, whereby two male sperm cells fuse with two female gametes: the egg and central cells. The fertilized egg cell ...

The researchers, who explored why ovules continue to attract pollen tubes after failed double fertilization ... Generally, the embryo sac of flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) contains ...

Upon pollen tube discharge a strong calcium spike was observed in both synergid cells. An onset of calcium oscillation in the persistent synergid cell following double fertilization was also observed.

plant physiology and biochemistry established the technique of test-tube fertilization of angiosperms. Born in the Pink City, Jaipur Dr. Maheshwari's invention has allowed the creation of new ...