The art of saving seed has been practiced by gardeners long before there were commercial seed producers. In fact, most of the vegetables and flowers we have today owe their existence to the fact that ...

Many gardeners have seeds and partially filled seed packets left over after the summer growing season. But there’s no reason to throw old vegetable, herb, and flower seeds in the trash. In this guide, ...

Seed longevity of Capsicum species may be affected by seed drying methods. The effect of three seed drying methods (passive, sun and oven drying) on seed storage life (longevity) of 16 cayenne pepper ...

PROSPER, N.D. — Peterson Farms Seed, which sells corn and soybean seed across the Dakotas and Minnesota, is expanding its headquarters northwest of Fargo, North Dakota. The expansion near Prosper, ...

At the Kenan Science Library, UNC community members can check out something a little bit more organic than books. In the library's BeAM Makerspace, there is a small wooden dresser with drawers ...

THE INBRED rice seed currently being handed out to farmers is designed to be planted right away, and improper storage in the event of delays could affect the quality of the crop, the Philippine Rice ...

The Svalbard World Seed Repository, the world's largest seed repository, is donated with seed samples from institutions and civil society around the world due to growing concerns about species loss ...

The ongoing civil war in Syria has led to the first-ever withdrawal from the Svalbard "doomsday" Global Seed Vault, a giant storage unit for plant seeds that's tucked into the side of a frigid ...