Seeds are the end product of plant reproduction. Whether directly as food, or indirectly as animal feed, they provide around 80 percent of human calorie consumption. In the millennia since humans ...

Seed structure with a large central cell in the center (cell nucleus in yellow) surrounded by the tissue of the mother plant (purple). The mature central cell (left) is in a quiescent state until ...

Seed propagation is the method of planting new crop where multiplying, reproducing, or breeding new plants is involved and that is done through the use of seeds. Seeds are made up of three separate ...