She introduced either a single pollen-free wasp, or a wasp carrying pollen, into a mesh bag containing an unpollinated fig. The wasps entered the figs to lay their eggs.

These avocados are said to taste the same as regular avocados, but they have thin, edible skin. The fruit grows from an unpollinated avocado blossom and then develops without a seed — aka a pit.

From in-vitro protein synthesis studies it has been shown that in Petunia hybrida (clone W166K, incompatibility genes S1S2) the ovary is stimulated to synthesize proteins before the pollen-tubes reach ...

The seedless variants also have edible skins and grow when avocado blossoms are left unpollinated. They used to be exclusively available out of orchards in Spain throughout December making them a ...

The activities and changes in the levels of exopeptidase and endopeptidase activities were characterized in unpollinated ovaries of Pisum sativum L. cv Alaska during senescence and early fruit ...

However, wasps do not always pollinate the fig. Fig trees "punish" these "cheaters" by dropping unpollinated fruit, killing the wasp's offspring inside, report researchers. Share: FULL STORY ...

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