Since we’ve passed seed catalog season, it’s now time to get ready to start seeds indoors for some of the vegetables we plan ...

As the weather begins to warm, your seedlings will start to emerge. When small specs of green start to peer out of the soil, resist the urge to open the containers too soon. The jugs will warm during ...

Researchers found that electric fields inside embryos guide migrating cells. The enzyme Vsp1 helps cells sense and respond to ...

The study, led by Jun Zhu, used 23-year-old spinach seeds. After undergoing the novel treatment, the seeds' germination rates ...

President of the National Onion Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria, Isah Aliyu, speaks to AYOOLA ...

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce plant molecules. Researchers have developed so-called microbial cell factories -- using E. coli and yeast -- to produce a special class of plant ...

Warming alters plant germination timing, changing species dominance and reshaping ecosystems in unpredictable ways.

By co-culturing E. coli and Baker's yeast, scientists have a way to manufacture large quantities of plant molecules for ...

As an embryo grows, there is a continuous stream of communication between cells to form tissues and organs. Cells need to read numerous cues from their environment, and these may be chemical or ...

The most vulnerable phase of a plant's life is the short time period that follows germination. During this phase, the newly ...

In our area and latitude, late January to early February is the ideal time to start sowing seeds indoors for onion ...

Seed is arguably the most important input used on crop farms, as without the seed there will be no crop to harvest. It also ...