Biting into a slice of watermelon only to be met with a mouthful of hard seeds is never fun. Luckily, there's an easy way to ...

According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the best growing conditions for the state wildflower are in well-drained ...

From delicate dandelions to mighty oak trees, millions of plants use seeds to reproduce. But where did the first seeds come ...

Understanding how roots grow can help us develop plants that—for example—are more resistant to drought. Research by Prof.

Unscripted producers from the U.S. are seeing international business as a route out of the work-for-hire drought in the ...

The Choctaw Heirloom Seeds project began in November 2023, when five varieties of heirloom seeds were flown and lived on the ...

The best time to plant bluebonnet seeds are from Sept. 1-Dec. 15, and for the best results plant before mid-November. Planting seeds during the fall to early winter months gives the seeds time to ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway holds millions of seeds from thousands of species of agricultural plants, but this ...

Plant breeders, aiming to develop resilient and high-quality crops, often cross plants from different species to transfer desirable traits. However, they frequently encounter a major obstacle: hybrid ...

Uncertain about the future? Why not try seeds? They’re easy to save and provide a safety net for good times and bad.

But storing seeds in a dormant state actually mirrors plants' own survival strategy. Dormancy is the mysterious plant behavior that "protects against an unpredictable future," according to biologist ...