Are old garden seeds still viable or should you order new seeds? The temptation is to look at the new garden catalogs and ...

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, ...

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 ...

Although prescribed fires are commonly used in management, little is known about how temperatures generated during fires affect the seed viability of species of conservation concern. We measured seed ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

The viability of hybrid rice seeds can now be prolonged up to nine months by storing them in hermetic seed storage enclosures, according to results of a study conducted by researchers at PhilRice ...

I confess. I am a saver of leftover seeds. On occasion I’ve saved packets for years then wondered if they would be any good. When I first started gardening, I used to just take a chance, but after ...