Seeds

Seed Dispersal

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Seed Storage Proteins

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Plant Proteins

Gene Expression Regulation, Plant

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Plants, Genetically Modified

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Abscisic Acid

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Arabidopsis Proteins

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Soybeans

Proanthocyanidins

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Pollen

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Plants, Medicinal

Pollination

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Stratification (seeds)

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7 Seeds

The Seeds

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SEEDS-2

Original Seeds

Nuziveedu Seeds

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Frank Seeds

Pantnagar Seeds

Magic Seeds

Mycogen Seeds

The Lightning Seeds

Johnny's Selected Seeds1

• As Rob Johnstone of Johnny's Selected Seeds, a medium-sized Maine-based company, puts it: ``Anyone who is anything in the seed industry will get the very best seeds for his customers from wher ever he has to get them. (csmonitor.com)

Germination12

• They may emerge a bit sooner if their seeds are soaked before being planted, but they don't really need their germination hastened. (ehow.com)
• Mother Nature takes her time with perennials and trees, however, often requiring that those seeds experience months or even years of exposure to the elements to wear away tough seed coats or germination inhibitors. (ehow.com)
• Gibberellic acid (GA-3), a natural fungus, can hasten the germination of some slow-to-sprout seeds. (ehow.com)
• Germination of hard-shelled seeds will be faster if the seeds are chipped before they are soaked. (ehow.com)
• However, currently we do not have sufficient knowledge of how to achieve this, or even how the microbial community contributes to seed germination. (uibk.ac.at)
• 4) Cultivar-dependent effects of germination-promoting microbiota are due to a lack in representation of functional endophytes in the natural seed microbial community. (uibk.ac.at)
• The influence of seed endophytes on seed germination will be studied after removal of the pre-existing seed microbial community and re-inoculation of seeds. (uibk.ac.at)
• Furthermore, germination-influencing endophytes will be visually tagged with fluorescent proteins to allow their detection with microscopy at the seed tissue and cellular level. (uibk.ac.at)
• The changes in seed metabolites during germination and in response to ageing will be monitored by gas or liquid chromatographic techniques coupled to mass spectrometry (i.e. (uibk.ac.at)
• Overall, we hope to comprehend which specific endophytes proliferate in seeds, which metabolites they are responding too, how they affect seed germination, compete alongside soil-borne microbes and how these endophytes are affected during seed ageing. (uibk.ac.at)
• During germination, seeds are presoaked in water and then germinated in a warm, moist, aerated environment for 3 to 7 days. (cdc.gov)
• SeedArc, a global archive of primary seed germination data. (bvsalud.org)

Open-pollinated3

• Certain varieties of open-pollinated seeds" - which is to say seeds collected from plants themselves - "will thrive when conditions aren't ideal. (irishtimes.com)
• Fresh open-pollinated seeds need to be dried and stored all the time, to replenish and replace ageing seed stocks. (irishtimes.com)
• Although the facility was built by the Norwegian government, the open-pollinated seeds that it stores stay in the ownership of whoever deposited them. (irishtimes.com)

Svalbard Globa1

• The importance of seed banks is probably best represented by the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. (irishtimes.com)

Irregularly2

• Other plants might seed irregularly, and thus require repeat visits. (howstuffworks.com)
• Replication of pathogens by three to five orders of magnitude may occur during sprouting, resulting in high pathogen levels on mature sprouts, despite the fact that initial densities are low and the pathogens dispersed irregularly throughout seeds ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)

Nigella2

• Poppy ( Papaver somniferum ) seeds reveal irregular ridges in abstract shapes and Love-In-A-Mist ( Nigella damascena ) seeds reveal a bumpy surface with excised ridges. (blithewold.org)
• Black seed (Nigella sativa) is a flowering plant native to Asia and the Mediterranean. (medlineplus.gov)

Plant's2

• Microorganisms contribute to plant growth and a plant's seed offers the possibility to design a plant that starts with an optimized microbial community. (uibk.ac.at)
• I am amazed by each plant's production of seeds. (blithewold.org)

Growers4

• A lot of growers are hard pushed to make a living, so it's been inspiring to see how they've taken to saving seeds. (irishtimes.com)
• So Japanese wholesalers have their select strains multiplied by major seed growers in other parts of the world, many of them in the US. (csmonitor.com)
• Trace-back and trace-forward investigations identified a single lot of seeds used by five sprout growers during the outbreak period. (cdc.gov)
• The number of sprout growers (referred to as "sprouters") who follow these guidelines, as well as the proportion of sprouts grown from disinfected seeds, is unknown. (cdc.gov)

Sunflower2

• As Requested, Here's a Slideshow of A-Rod Going to Town on Some Sunflower Seeds A-Rod really likes sunflower seeds. (nymag.com)
• Turtle Doves Poisoned by Sunflower Seeds Awful things. (nymag.com)

Crop8

• More than 80 per cent of food-crop diversity has been lost in the past 100 years, as ever fewer varieties of seed have been used. (irishtimes.com)
• Newton is excited about the association's new seed network: up to 25 organic market gardeners now grow seeds as a crop for the organisation's bank. (irishtimes.com)
• Although shelf life varies from crop to crop, most seeds can survive in cold storage for decades and some even longer. (howstuffworks.com)
• At this time, the Svalbard Vault prohibits the storage of genetically modified plants, but the very concept of crop diversity and seed banking allows access to continued creation of GMOs. (howstuffworks.com)
• Premium Crop broccoli has been one of Burpee Seed Company's best sellers ever since it was introduced and for good reason: It produces consistently good heads in US gardens from Maine to Mexico. (csmonitor.com)
• This year a federal requirement to list the country of origin on all newly printed seed packets became law and it was obvious that Burpee's Premium Crop was not as thoroughly American as it had appeared. (csmonitor.com)
• Burpee, in fact, is a major grower of sweet-pea seeds and the bulk of their crop is exported to Britain. (csmonitor.com)
• For example, much of the Japanese-supplied Premium Crop broccoli is grown to seed in California, shipped back to Japan where it is tested and graded, and then sent to seed companies around the world, Burpee seeds included. (csmonitor.com)

Sprout3

• Some seeds need to experience a "winter" of chilly temperatures to sprout. (ehow.com)
• When the seeds begin to sprout, remove them from their bags and pot them up in seed-starting mix. (ehow.com)
• Based on in vitro data, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends chemical disinfection of raw sprout seeds to reduce enteric pathogens contaminating the seed coats. (cdc.gov)

Extract2

• Applying a gel containing black seed extract to the skin might help to improve acne. (medlineplus.gov)
• The extract of the guava seed contains various phytochemicals that can cure the disease like dysentery, caused by the protozoa parasite, namely Entamoeba histolytica. (who.int)

Diversity1

• The ethnobiologist and nature writer Gary Nabhan says that "the diversity of our seed stocks is as endangered as a panda, a golden eagle or a polar bear right now. (irishtimes.com)

Ripe5

• CARDAMOM SEEDS Origin It is the dried ripe or nearly ripe seeds of Elettaria cardamomum, Family Zingiberaceae, recently separated from the fruit. (slideshare.net)
• Calabar bean Origin It is the dried ripe seeds of Physostigma venenosum, Family Leguminosae. (slideshare.net)
• Castor seed Origin It is the dried ripe seed of Ricinus communis Linn. (slideshare.net)
• Seeds are most viable for collection and storage when ripe. (howstuffworks.com)
• In the case of fruits, most release their seeds when ripe. (howstuffworks.com)

Packets1

• In the 1890s over a billion packets of seeds were distributed free to farmers, to feed the rising immigrant populations, but the American Seed Trade Association hired the very first lobbyist to stop this 'federal giveaway', as they called it. (irishtimes.com)

Pesticides1

• Environmental survey and medical investigation of workers in relation to exposure to airborne dust containing seed treating chemicals as pesticides. (cdc.gov)

Grown5

• They had believed that by buying from a US company they would be buying only American-grown seeds. (csmonitor.com)
• US seed companies do sell many American-grown seeds simply because the US is a major seed-producing nation. (csmonitor.com)
• But they will readily sell foreign-grown seed (sometime from farms they own and operate overseas) as well. (csmonitor.com)
• So while the Burpee seed packet might indicate that their broccoli is a product of Japan, the seeds may well have been grown somewhere in California -- which indicates still further how misplaced national patriotism can be in the seed business. (csmonitor.com)
• Based on epidemiologic and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis evidence from 87 confirmed cases, the outbreak was linked to contaminated alfalfa seeds grown in California's Imperial Valley. (cdc.gov)

Genetically2

• Reports of a black market in genetically modified canola seeds are also causing alarm throughout the country. (alive.com)
• Monsanto, Dupont and other makers of genetically altered seeds maintain GE crops are no different than crops produced from traditional breeding. (alive.com)

Bacteria2

• Gerna D, Roach T, Mitter B, Stöggl W, Kranner I (2019) Hydrogen Peroxide Metabolism in Interkingdom Interaction Between Bacteria and Wheat Seeds and Seedlings. (uibk.ac.at)
• In an experimental model of seed contamination , Salmonella Stanley added to alfalfa seeds increased from 3.29✕10 6 bacteria per gram of mature sprouts to 10 7 bacteria per gram after 48-72 hours incubation, without affecting the appearance, smell, or taste of the sprouts ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)

Varieties2

• Her organisation, Navdanya, has helped to conserve more than 3,000 rice varieties at 60 seed banks across India. (irishtimes.com)
• Despite the popular perception of sprouts as health food, alfalfa and other varieties of raw seed sprouts are common vehicles for produce-associated bacterial foodborne illness. (cdc.gov)

California1

• Health hazard evaluation report: HHE-72-63-36, Ferry Morse Seed Company, Mountain View, California. (cdc.gov)

Establishment1

• A regional workshop about Establishment of Seed Policies was held in Bolivia from 27 to 29 August 2012. (fao.org)

Hazard1

• 5,000 Japanese schoolchildren have refocused attention on the public health hazard posed by seed sprouts ( 4 ). (cdc.gov)

Collect3

• First, researchers decide what seeds to collect. (howstuffworks.com)
• Researchers collect the seeds manually with tweezers, pole cutters, seed traps or nets and buckets, depending on the type of plant. (howstuffworks.com)
• As some of our summer annuals display their last blooms, we are eager to collect their seeds for next year. (blithewold.org)

Coats1

• Seeds with very hard coats may require more drastic treatment to crack those coats. (ehow.com)

Exposure1

• Recommendations are made for improvement of design and maintenance of exhaust ventilation equipment, fungicide handling and seed treating operations, housekeeping, use of protective clothing and approved respirators, personal sanitation, and noise exposure reduction and noise abatement. (cdc.gov)

Recipe1

• This recipe is customizable if you prefer a different nut butter, different topping seeds, or even a bagel or bread rather than the English muffin. (allrecipes.com)

Farmers4

• Once farmers were using hybrid seeds, they began to take for granted that they needed to buy seeds for each harvest rather than saving them from year to year. (irishtimes.com)
• I understand the need for hybrid seeds, because food is valued at such a low price and farmers' margins are so tight that they can't deal with loss of crops," Jo Newton, the association's seed-bank and garden manager, says. (irishtimes.com)
• FAO is using novel ways of delivering quality seed to farmers. (fao.org)
• Small seed businesses are contributing to increase the supply of high quality maize and beans seed to family farmers, which is improving national food security in Honduras. (fao.org)

Banana1

• For example, the banana plant doesn't produce seeds, so alternative storage methods are necessary. (howstuffworks.com)

Harvest1

• Before this happens, scientists remove seeds from storage and plant them to harvest and re-bank fresh seeds. (howstuffworks.com)

Powder4

• Taking black seed powder or black seed oil by mouth daily seems to improve blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. (medlineplus.gov)
• Taking black seed powder along with standard therapies might help to get rid of this infection. (medlineplus.gov)
• Taking black seed powder or black seed oil by mouth might reduce blood pressure by a small amount in healthy adults. (medlineplus.gov)
• Black seed oil and black seed powder are possibly safe when taken in larger amounts for up to 3 months. (medlineplus.gov)

Plant7

• After that time period is up, drain the seeds and plant them immediately. (ehow.com)
• To plant seeds after their pretreatment, use containers that are new or have been disinfected with a mix of 1 part bleach to 9 parts of water. (ehow.com)
• In-vitro storage means that living plant tissues are stored, rather than seeds. (howstuffworks.com)
• The plant microbial community includes bacterial endophytes that live within plants, including seeds. (uibk.ac.at)
• It was organized in cooperation by the Seeds and Plant Genetic Resources unit in Rome and the AGP Team of Chile as part of the technical hub created. (fao.org)
• Abrin is a natural poison that is found in the seeds of a plant called the rosary pea or jequirity pea. (cdc.gov)
• Abrin is similar to ricin, a toxin that also is found in the seeds of a plant (the castor bean plant). (cdc.gov)

Minus1

• The final storage step is to freeze the seeds at minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 20 degrees Celsius). (howstuffworks.com)

Species1

• It also points out that the British Pharmacopeia of 1914, recognized as "pumpkin seeds," the species Cucurbita maxima which is usually considered as squash in this country. (fda.gov)

Generally1

• Generally, you must soak each disk along with the seeds overnight in about 1/4 cup of water -- or whatever amount is indicated in the instructions -- before planting those seeds. (ehow.com)

Plants2

• After plants are located, seed collection begins. (howstuffworks.com)
• However, some plants will retain their seeds for extended periods, which allows a longer collection time. (howstuffworks.com)

Production6

• In Seed: The Untold Story Matthew Dillon of the Organic Seed Alliance explains the history of seed production in the United States. (irishtimes.com)
• But the past two or three decades an international movement against industrialised seed production has gathered momentum. (irishtimes.com)
• But when you talk about empowering people, about taking food production into their own hands - if you don't know how to save seeds, there's a missing link. (irishtimes.com)
• Their climate is ideal for flower production -- but not for top-quality seed production. (csmonitor.com)
• Even though food production has significantly increased for the past few years, productivity, as well as the low quality of seeds, still remain one of the. (fao.org)
• The risk for disease from sprouts is connected to seed production and distribution factors and the sprouting process itself. (cdc.gov)

Years3

• An American, Anita Hayes, first brought the importance of seedsaving to public attention in Ireland 25 years ago, when she and her husband, the musician Tommy Hayes, set up the Irish Seed Savers Association. (irishtimes.com)
• Years later, here I am, collecting seeds in the Blithewold Gardens, remembering the artistic forms that fueled my undiscovered passion for horticulture. (blithewold.org)
• Its seed has been used to make medicine for thousands of years. (medlineplus.gov)

Containers2

• Those containers should have drainage holes and be filled with a damp and sterile medium such as seed-starting mix. (ehow.com)
• Afterwards, they place the seeds in sealed, airtight containers. (howstuffworks.com)

Temperature2

• For seeds that require a period of warm stratification before the cold stratification, keep those bags at 70 degrees Fahrenheit for three months before their refrigeration and return them to that temperature afterward. (ehow.com)
• To reduce the moisture content of the seeds, collectors dry them in a temperature- and humidity-controlled room. (howstuffworks.com)

Inspiration1

• My high school art teacher introduced me to microscopic images of seeds and pollen that served as inspiration for many ceramic sculptures I was creating at the time. (blithewold.org)

Banks3

• How are seeds stored in banks? (howstuffworks.com)
• Usually the owners of the seed banks control their own seeds. (howstuffworks.com)
• Debra Ronca "How Seed Banks Work" 14 April 2008. (howstuffworks.com)

Food3

• Packers of canned pumpkin that use pumpkin and/or squash in their "canned pumpkin" may further process the seeds obtained therefrom for food use, or in some cases may sell the seeds to another processor. (fda.gov)
• This practice would naturally lead to our being asked, as we were recently, whether squash seeds, when offered as food, may be labeled and sold as "pumpkin seeds. (fda.gov)
• Based on these data, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently recommends that seeds be treated with 20,000 ppm Ca(Ocl) 2 pregermination and that sprouts and spent irrigation water samples be periodically tested for enteric pathogens. (cdc.gov)

Make3

• That usually should be diluted with an equal amount of water to make a solution of only 500 parts per million before you soak seeds in it. (ehow.com)
• Black seed might make bleeding disorders worse. (medlineplus.gov)
• The seeds of the rosary pea have been used to make beaded jewelry, which can lead to abrin poisoning if the seeds are swallowed. (cdc.gov)

Ownership2

• With all these seeds in storage, who gets ownership of the seeds? (howstuffworks.com)
• Of course, these ownership rights don't preclude one country lending seeds to another country in need. (howstuffworks.com)

Natural1

• This natural experiment provides empiric evidence that chemical disinfection can reduce the human risk for disease posed by contaminated seed sprouts. (cdc.gov)

Development1

• Dillon says that this was a significant point in the development of the hybrid-seed industry. (irishtimes.com)

Industry1

• In point of fact, the garden seed industry is perhaps the most international of any in the world. (csmonitor.com)

Country1

• Last week, national staff from Ivory Coast participated in a training workshop on mobile technology-based information systems, which will help to enhance seed marketing in the country.A two-week training was. (fao.org)

Stop2

• Black seed can slow down or stop the uterus from contracting. (medlineplus.gov)
• Stop using black seed at least two weeks before a scheduled surgery. (medlineplus.gov)

Case1

• Divining without seeds : the case for strengthening laboratory medicine in Africa / Iruka N. Okeke. (who.int)

Black22

• Black seed might have effects in the body that help boost the immune system, fight cancer, prevent pregnancy, reduce swelling, and lessen allergic reactions by acting as an antihistamine. (medlineplus.gov)
• People commonly use black seed for asthma, hay fever, diabetes, high blood pressure, eczema, weight loss, menstrual cramps, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support many of these uses. (medlineplus.gov)
• There is also no good evidence to support using black seed for COVID-19. (medlineplus.gov)
• Taking black seed oil by mouth daily might improve allergy symptoms in people with hay fever. (medlineplus.gov)
• Taking black seed by mouth along with asthma medicines can improve coughing, wheezing, and lung function in some people with asthma. (medlineplus.gov)
• Taking black seed oil by mouth helps to improve lung function in people with COPD who are also using prescribed inhalers. (medlineplus.gov)
• Taking black seed oil by mouth increases sperm count and how quickly sperm can move. (medlineplus.gov)
• Applying a gel containing black seed oil to the breasts during the menstrual cycle seems to reduce pain. (medlineplus.gov)
• There is interest in using black seed for a number of other purposes, but there isn't enough reliable information to say whether it might be helpful. (medlineplus.gov)
• Black seed is commonly consumed in foods. (medlineplus.gov)
• Black seed can cause allergic rashes in some people. (medlineplus.gov)
• Black seed oil or gel is possibly safe when used short-term. (medlineplus.gov)
• There isn't enough reliable information to know if black seed is safe to use when breast-feeding. (medlineplus.gov)
• Black seed oil is possibly safe for children when taken by mouth short-term and in recommended amounts by weight. (medlineplus.gov)
• Black seed might slow blood clotting and increase the risk of bleeding. (medlineplus.gov)
• Black seed might slow blood clotting, reduce blood sugar, and increase sleepiness in some people. (medlineplus.gov)
• Black seed also lowers blood pressure. (medlineplus.gov)
• Taking black seed with amlodipine might lower blood pressure too much. (medlineplus.gov)
• People taking black seed along with amlodipine should monitor their blood pressure. (medlineplus.gov)
• Black seed might decrease levels of cyclosporine in the blood. (medlineplus.gov)
• Black seed might lower blood sugar levels. (medlineplus.gov)
• These seeds are red with a black spot covering one end. (cdc.gov)

Taste1

• Let's take a look at how one facility manages its library of seeds to get a taste of how it's done. (howstuffworks.com)

Bank1

• Seed collection, organization and storage will vary by seed bank facility. (howstuffworks.com)