What is your favorite flower? One common answer is the sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Although they are popular for ...

Sunflower seeds mean different things to different people — something to eat, something to plant or, if you're a mathematician, ... a Lucas sunflower or a sunflower with another pattern.

The researchers involved with the study were surprised to find that the optical rotatum grew in a pattern that is close to the Fibonacci sequence, a series of numbers where each number is the sum ...

Parthenogenesis occurred across multiple sunflower lines, with some producing over 100 haploid seeds per flower head. High-intensity light significantly increased haploid yield, while blue or red ...

The optical rotatum grows in a spiral shape that is also present in the shell of a nautilus (a type of mollusk), sunflower seeds, and branches of trees. “That was one of the unexpected highlights of ...

Parthenogenic haploid seed germination, in vitro culture, chromosome doubling and the complete doubled haploid process. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08798-2.