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.

Ames, IA - A recent study from Iowa State University provides accessible and effective techniques for the germination and storage of yellow ...

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 ...

In the 5th-grade unit 'Plant Germination, Growth, and Fruiting,' the focus is on investigating the conditions involved in ...

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 ...

The seeds of a plant are relatively well protected against harmful environmental influences, while a seedling is very vulnerable. Therefore, plants in the early stage of development must closely ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Under a worst-case climate change scenario, more than 20% of plant species in the tropics may experience temperatures too high for their seeds to ...