What is more disappointing than going to last year’s inventory of seed, planting those that look fine but then none germinate. Viability tests of saved seed are simple measures that can be conducted ...

A 50-year study at Fairbanks, AK, was started in 1984 to determine soil seed longevity of 17 weed species. Seed were buried in mesh bags 2 and 15 cm deep and were exhumed 0.7, 1.7, 2.7, 3.7, 4.7, 6.7, ...

A 50-yr study at Fairbanks, AK, was started in 1984 to determine soil seed longevity of 17 weed species. Seeds were buried in mesh bags 2- and 15-cm deep and were recovered 0.7, 1.7, 2.7, 3.7, 4.7, ...

Raise your hand if at this time of year you have walked out into the garage or wherever you have stored your seed stash from the previous year or years, and wondered, "Hmmmm, are these seeds any good?

Findings from a newly published Weed Science Society of America research article demonstrates an efficient, mechanical way to control herbicide-resistant weeds The HWSC technology used for the study ...

Hybrid seeds have dramatically boosted yield for industrial scale crops such as corn, alfalfa and wheat. But for backyard tomato growers, sometimes the fruits of their labor can lie fallow as ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.—Colorado State University graduate student Navid Sediqi wanted to study whether certain oil seed crops would grow at elevations ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Do you remember the moment you bit into the juiciest melon you had grown and thought, "I must save the seeds for next year?" Turns out, you ...