1 Pre-dispersal predation of seeds of Asteraceae has been studied in species where ripening seed is present on plants for long periods but rarely in those where seed maturation is ephemeral and ...

The ecological and evolutionary opportunities of apomixis in the short and the long term are considered, based on two closely related apomictic genera: Taraxacum (dandelion) and Chondrilla (skeleton ...

Most angiosperms reproduce sexually through seeds, but in more than 140 genera at least some taxa can produce seeds parthenogenetically (Carman, 1998). These apomicts produce clonal offspring that are ...

Long the bane of lawn owners everywhere, the sunny-faced dandelion could revolutionise the rubber industry. Scientists from the Ohio State University and the Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center (OBIC) ...