Water is the limiting factor for agriculture in many of the world’s semiarid regions, where crops are lost to drought in their early stages of life, during germination and as young seedlings.

The easiest way is a cut test. Take random samples of ~10 fruits/seeds and cut them in half to see if solid. Many maples, ...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Numerous studies have treated the mass of a whole seed as an integrated unit, although the components seed kernel and seed coat play different roles and are subject to different ...

Bluebonnets are members of the genus Lupinus in the pea family, Fabaceae. The seed coat of Lupines is hard, which impedes the water imbibition that is essential to break the dormancy of seed, thereby ...

Tide Rock acquired the BASF seed coating facility in Caldwell, Idaho, to expand its seed coating portfolio; joins Summit Seed Coatings in Idaho and Indiana. The staff’s deep seed coating experience ...

Shasha Li, Xiangyu Geng, Shuo Chen, Keke Liu, Saisai Yu, Xiping Wang, Chaohong Zhang, Jianxia Zhang, Yingqiang Wen, Qiangwei Luo, Yan Xu and Yuejin Wang Seed development is essential for the ...

A seed consists of an embryo with a packet of nutrition (usually), all housed in a protective coat. They range in size from the dust-like seeds of orchids to coconuts. And they all trace their origin ...