Purple Tomato: Revolutionary Genetically Modified Seed Now Available to US Home Gardeners

Medicine & Technology Feb 07, 2024

Explore the unique Purple Tomato, the first genetically modified crop available to U.S. home gardeners, offering vibrant color and health benefits.

Novel Hybrid Plant Discovered Buried Among Zombie Seeds in 144-year-long Science Experiment

Nov 09, 2023

The long-running germination study has been active since 1879. Read to learn more.

Agriculture Breakthrough: Researchers Reach 95% Success Rate in Cloning Hybrid Rice Seeds; Will Feeding Billions of People Be Possible Soon?

Feb 13, 2023

With this agriculture breakthrough, farmers can simply store the hybrid rice seeds and replant across many seasons. Read to know more.

Amami Rabbit in Japan Assists Non-Photosynthetic Plant by Scattering Seeds Based on Latest Study

Jan 24, 2023

Endangered amami rabbit serves as a dispersal agent of a Non-Photosynthetic Plant based on recent analysis. Read on to know more about this news!

Future Crops Sowing Proprietary Basil Seeds of Growth

Feb 16, 2022

Future Crops’ Advanced vertical farming system scales up to grow high-yield, long-life aromatic basil.

Microorganisms Hidden in Passion Fruit Seeds Found Beneficial Rather Than Harmful; New Study Reveals Bacteria’s Help in Germination, Growth, and Defense

Aug 31, 2021

Researchers have successfully isolated bacteria from passion fruit seeds and as a result, they found, such microorganisms are not harmful to plants. In fact, they are discovered to be beneficial.

Engineers Made Microscopic Seeds to Grow 2D Perovskite Crystals Used in Solar Panels

Jun 25, 2021

Chemical engineers from Rice University made microscopic seeds to grow homogenous thin films that are stable and highly efficient at harvesting solar energy.

Buried 142-Year-Old Seed Experiment in a Bottle Still Ongoing, Longest Running Germination Study

May 13, 2021

Michigan State University continues the longest-running experiment on germination. William James Beal's seed bottles have been dug after 140 years and will be buried again.

Amazon Bans Online Selling of Foreign Plants & Seeds

Sep 07, 2020

Seed packets have been mailed to people around the world via Amazon deliveries, causing the company to update its online selling policies. The seeds were not ordered by anyone and have inauthentic post markings from China.

Crickets Have An Unusual Way of Dispersing Orchid Seeds

Aug 11, 2020

A researcher from the Kobe University Graduate of Science in Japan has found evidence of how crickets disperse seeds for the orchid Apostasia nipponica.

Norway Increases Protection Of The ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault, An important Place To Preserve Seeds From Future Disaster

May 22, 2017

Norway enhances the precautions to protect the “doomsday” seed vault, important place that preserves world’s crops from future disasters.

Doomsda: The Largest Seed Vault In The World Is Loaded With 50,000 Seeds

Feb 28, 2017

after a decade of opening the largest seed vault in the World again deposited with 50,000 seed samples. Most of the seeds were collected from Lebanon, Morocco, India, Pakistan, Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus and the UK. Syria becomes the first country to withdraw seeds from that Gene bank.

NASA Plans Life and Death on Mars—Planet’s First ‘Mars Plant Experiment’ to be Launched in 2020

Oct 14, 2014

In hopes of a long future on the Red Planet, researchers have proposed the addition of a horticultural experiment onboard NASA’s next Mars rover mission, scheduled to land in 2021. The proposed project, known simply as the “Mars Plant Experiment” (MPX) would not only aid in the understanding of plant growth on foreign planets, but also would lay the foundations for future colonies currently planning on settling in on Mars.