Bees, honey and Agave in the northern sierra of La Barca, Jalisco
You may have tried tequila or mezcal. But have you ever wondered what is happening in the fields where the Agave plants grow?
Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
You may have tried tequila or mezcal. But have you ever wondered what is happening in the fields where the Agave plants grow?
If you can’t find a photo of a plant in the wild, is that because the photo doesn’t exist – or because you’re looking in the wrong database? A recent article concludes either answer could be right, depending on the plant.
A plant native to the tropical forests of Mexico was essential for the development of the contraceptive pill.
This month the inset cover image shows a detail of the stigma of a flower of apple, Malus × domestica. The acquisition of stigmatic receptivity is concomitant with secretion of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs, strained green) into the intercellular spaces between cell walls (blue).