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Tag - Seeds
Dale Maylea
Study reveals ‘sticky situation’ for seeds in warming regions
Life would be easier for some seeds if they were a little sticker, but warming seasons may have the opposite effect.
Gina Errico
Sowing the seeds of future food security
"It’s easy to see how The Age of Seeds could be an award-winning book."
Nigel Chaffey
Plants Don’t Want Their Children to Starve
There's more to seed survival than just seed mass.
Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra
Most plants come from seeds. What does this mean for us?
Adult plants provide sustenance, sequester carbon and help keep healthy soils. But what is the role of seeds?
Tolerance to waterlogging in relay sown grain legume crops
How do lentil, faba bean, field pea and grass pea vary in their tolerance to waterlogging, hypoxia and anoxia?
William Salter
The diversity and capacity of maize to adapt to a changing climate rests in the hands of farmers
The diversity of maize in the community of Yaxcabá, Yucatán, is shared among farmers. They select seeds that are most resistant to unfavourable climatic conditions and, by exchanging or selling them, they safeguard the...
Yanine Quiroz
A race against time: saving seeds to protect threatened plants in California
Binational conservation efforts offer hope for the protection of plant species living on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza
Visually stunning: Flora for juvenile – and adult – fauna
Flora: Inside the Secret World of Plants by DK [Dorling Kindersley] with contribution by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2018. Dorling Kindersley. Dorling Kindersley’s Flora: Inside the secret world of plants [hereafter...
When does infection become protection?
Within plants live endophytic fungi. Some cause disease in insects, while others seem to have no effect. Yet a new meta-analysis shows even these 'neutral' fungi could act as bodyguards for plants.
Alun Salt
Plant records: Can a plant be too trusting?
Name: Orchids Scientific name: Family: Orchidaceae Known for: Beauty, epiphytism, providing vanilla flavouring, tiny seeds, mycorrhizae, deceptive pollination, mycoheterotrophy, medicinal usage, vegetating Krakatoa…...
Question: when is a seed not a seed?
This article explores the future potential for DOI numbers to be used in identifying plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
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