fertilization

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Off-season produce is vulnerable to higher prices because of the increased price of diesel fuel for trucks, refrigeration and fertilization, said Stanley Lim, co-director of Michigan State University’s Food Access & Supply Chain Technology Lab.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

During the first few hours after fertilization, a fruit fly embryo rapidly divides its nuclei, producing thousands of cells in a short time.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

“I’ll be known as the fertilization president and that’s OK,” he boasted last spring during a women’s history event at the White House.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

New research involving the University of Graz shows that the so-called CO2 fertilization effect has been significantly overstated.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

When that didn’t work, he recommended we move to in vitro fertilization.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama