Squirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, ...

Squirting cucumbers blast their seeds over distances hundreds of times their length, and now scientists say they have found ...

Scientists unveiled the squirting cucumber’s seed dispersal mechanism, involving fluid redistribution and rapid recoil.

Take a break from leftovers and explore the weird, warty wonders of gourds — fall’s most delightful oddballs.

Kankoda, kantola, or meetha karela is one of those underexploited vegetables in India. Although it is very close to the one ...

Like other gourds, the snake gourd is a member of the pumpkin family (Cucurbitaceae) and has seeds similar to its cousin the water melon ... By nature, botanists are easily excited when it comes to ...

Genus Phytophthora threat various plant species including fruit, vegetable, and flower crops. The authors report that some NLRs recognize conserved effector families of multiple Phytophthora ...

Brush up on Thanksgiving facts with these Thanksgiving trivia questions and answers that cover the holiday's history, meaning ...

Leaf rust and stripe rust of wheat are two important fungal diseases of cultivated wheat and they are caused by infection of different pathogens. Here, the authors report the nucleotide-binding ...

A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...