For the grass seed industry, spotting weed seeds and other unwanted interlopers among thousands of grass seeds is as tedious as it is necessary. Samples of grass seed are repeatedly analyzed by ...

A large deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has taken the number of seed samples stored at the facility to more than a million. The so-called "doomsday vault"—located on a remote Norwegian ...

Over 14,000 new samples of food crop seeds are being added this week to a "doomsday" vault located on an island in Svalbard, Norway. These seeds are part of an effort launched in 2008 to back up ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Whether you are starting a new lawn or it's time to reseed your existing lawn, once you've chosen the right grass seed one of the most ...

KNOXVILLE -- Restoring diverse vegetation along the Atlantic seaboard after devastating hurricanes or replanting forests after destructive wildfires rests mightily upon one tiny but important ...

Exotic pests, shrinking ranges and a changing climate threaten some of the world's most rare and ecologically important plants, and so conservationists establish seed collections to save the seeds in ...

THE staff of the Philippine Rice Research Institute prepare rice seed samples for their first-ever deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway LONGYEARBYEN, Norway—The Philippine Rice Research ...

If you want to have any corn and soybean seed testing conducted before you head to the field this spring, now is the time to get samples submitted to labs. “With COVID restrictions, the seed labs are ...