Researchers identified a stable major locus on wheat chromosome arm 4BS that influences drought tolerance during wheat ...

A soybean diversity-panel study found that cold damage during imbibition and delayed germination at 10 °C have distinct ...

The world’s seed banks are a backup plan for our food supply, and new research is helping scientists figure out how to keep their collections viable.

In most plants, germination begins with the reactivation of metabolism during water uptake by the desiccated seed. Notably, Pol II transcription is hypothesised not to be required for early ...

When trying to bring plants back to a grassland, if you know the name of the plant you want, can you simply choose the ...

Watch as sunflower, bitter melon, pea, and cucumber seeds transform into thriving seedlings in this captivating time-lapse ...

Plant seeds may strike the casual observer as unspectacular—but they have properties that are nothing short of superpowers. In a dry state they can store their energy for years and then suddenly ...

Issue No. 001When growing plants from seeds, we tend to focus on the "germination rate."A germination rate of over 90% is excellent. 50% leaves room for improvement. If it is around 10%, one might ...

A research team led by Prof. Liu Xuncheng from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has recently published a study in the journal Plant Communications that sheds new ...

Rapid alkalinization factors (RALFs) are required for pollen tube germination and elongation, an essential process in plant fertilization. But their role in monocot plants remains unexplored.

Seed companies are disputing official inspection reports as the Maharashtra agriculture department reviews over 22,000 complaints regarding poor soybean germination and potential farmer compensation.