Fruit under the microscope

[RenatoSosua]

Have you seen this interesting video?
Fruit under the microscope...

Sweet mouth-watering fruits provide us with a healthy source of food, but that is not the reason why plants produce them. Fruit, and the seeds they protect, are crucial to species' survival.

A new book - written by two experts from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - reveals the ingenious and often devious strategies which plants have developed to help ensure their continued existence.

Here, with the help of colorful close up images, Kew's seed morphologist Wolfgang Stuppy explains some of the tactics:
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Fruit under the microscope

[Norma Rosa]

Thanks. Very interesting.

[Theforceinme]

very nice pictures and colors

[DomesticGoddess1987]

Originally Posted by RenatoSosua

Have you seen this interesting video?
Fruit under the microscope...

Sweet mouth-watering fruits provide us with a healthy source of food, but that is not the reason why plants produce them. Fruit, and the seeds they protect, are crucial to species' survival.

A new book - written by two experts from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - reveals the ingenious and often devious strategies which plants have developed to help ensure their continued existence.

Here, with the help of colorful close up images, Kew's seed morphologist Wolfgang Stuppy explains some of the tactics:
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Fruit under the microscope

Interesting! Thanks for posting. This link just earned me some extra credit with my microbiology professor =P

[sokitoumi]

The bbc does these things so well-they cant be beaten for natural history programs,news and sports coverage

[freeair]

nice sharing..love those pic..