Syngenta Biotechnology China-led research, with partners in the U.S., France, the UK, Chile, the Netherlands, Argentina, and ...

Inside, most of the kernel is made up of endosperm, the starchy material that serves as the plant embryo's food supply.

The latter fertilization is necessary for the formation of a nutrient-containing tissue called the endosperm that is generally required for embryo survival and growth. Parthenogenic seeds ...

Inside the seed is something called an embryo, a tiny little plant surrounded by stuff that feeds it. This is called the endosperm. The outside of the seed has a coat which surrounds the embryo to ...

When hybrid seeds fail to develop, the reason often lies in the endosperm—a tissue in plant seeds that provides nutrients to the growing embryo, much like the placenta nourishes mammalian embryos.