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Everything about Fertilisation
Union of opposite-sex gametes in sexual reproduction to form a zygote
Fertilisation or fertilization, also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a zygote and initiate its development into a new individual organism or offspring. While processes such as insemination or pollination, which happen before the fusion of gametes, are also sometimes informally referred to as fertilisation, these are technically separate processes. The cycle of fertilisation and development of new individuals is called sexual reproduction. During double fertilisation in angiosperms, the haploid male gamete combines with two haploid polar nuclei to form a triploid primary endosperm nucleus by the process of vegetative fertilisation. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: FertilisationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Crop rotation stage has a greater effect than fertilisation on soil microbiome assembly and enzymatic stoichiometryInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Annual reportThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Hot-water extractable carbon in soils: a sensitive measurement for determining impacts of fertilisation, grazing and cultivationCited 964 times
- Go sideways: Double fertilizationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Egg cellA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Alternative spelling of fertilization.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Hot-water extractable carbon in soils: a sensitive measurement for determining impacts of fertilisation, grazing and cultivation
Factors that affect outcome of in-vitro fertilisation treatment
Deliveries and children born after in-vitro fertilisation in Sweden 1982–95: a retrospective cohort study
Revisiting fertilisers and fertilisation strategies for improved nutrient uptake by plants
Intracellular pH and activation of sea urchin eggs after fertilisation
Neurological sequelae in children born after in-vitro fertilisation: a population-based study
Long-term phosphorus fertilisation increased the diversity of the total bacterial community and the phoD phosphorus mineraliser group in pasture soils
Intrauterine insemination or in-vitro fertilisation in idiopathic subfertility and male subfertility: a randomised trial and cost-effectiveness analysis
🆕 Influential since 2022
Crop rotation stage has a greater effect than fertilisation on soil microbiome assembly and enzymatic stoichiometry
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection versus conventional in-vitro fertilisation for couples with infertility with non-severe male factor: a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial
Nitrogen fertilisation disrupts the temporal dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal hyphae but not spore density and community composition in a wheat field
Metagenomics insights into the functional profiles of soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles in a walnut orchard under various regimes of long-term fertilisation
Clinical effectiveness and safety of time-lapse imaging systems for embryo incubation and selection in in-vitro fertilisation treatment (TILT): a multicentre, three-parallel-group, double-blind, randomised controlled trial
📚 Books worth reading
Annual reportGreat Britain. Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority · 1992- 📕Fraud and misconduct in medical researchRoyal College of Physicians of London · 1990
The making of usLisa Jewell · 2011- 📕The Fertiliser Manufacturers AssociationW. S. Keatley · 1976
- 📕Interprovincial Forest Fertilization Program 1968-1983G. F. Weetman · 1987
- 📕Fertiliser recommendationsScottish Agricultural Colleges.
- 📕Field studies on winter milling wheatChris Maughan · 1997
- 📕The Fertiliser Manufacturers Association , the second fifty years 1925-1975 / by W.S. Keatley. Preceded by a condensed version of the book 'Fifty years of Association history' / written by A.N. Gray in 1926W. S. Keatley · 1977
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🔗 Related topics
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