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Articles on Seeds
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Affected poppy seeds made into a tea have led to seizures and cardiac arrests.
Mangroves support a significant amount of biodiversity and their soils can capture a great deal of carbon.
Studies suggest that seeds coated with neonicotinoid insecticides may harm nontarget insects, mammals and birds. In response, states are starting to restrict use of these products.
Farmers are stuck in a chemical war against weeds, which have developed resistance to many widely used herbicides. Seed companies’ answer – using more varied herbicides – is causing new problems.
A historian argues for conservation strategies that embrace creativity and diverse farming methods.
Forests around the world will need to shift their ranges to adapt to climate change. But many trees and plants rely on animals to spread their seeds widely, and those partners are declining.
Realities on the ground tell a different story from the claim that a Green Revolution ensures food security and increased income for smallholder farmers in Ghana.
Seedkeeping can create a sense of home, reconnect communities with ancestral crops and preserve biodiversity and culturally significant crops for future generations.
Indigenous beans could enhance food security in Cabo Verde which depends on food imports.
Not all flowers smell good, to people at least, but their scents are a way to attract pollinators.
Improved seeds can alleviate a food security crisis deepened by COVID-19.
For some sand-dwelling plants, stickiness is a defense tactic that keeps predators at bay.
Anti-nutrients naturally occur in food and can block the amount of other nutrients available for your body to use. But their effects aren’t all bad, which is why they’re undergoing an image makeover.
How Indigenous communities and a Timor-Leste NGO are reviving food sovereignty in one of Asia’s poorest countries.
And why development funders should listen to smallholder farmers
New research shows even brief hot spells can damage seed quality.
Saving seed is a way of protecting the world’s vegetable varieties, saving money, and increasingly, a political statement too.
Masting is what biologists call the pattern of trees for miles around synchronizing to all produce lots of seeds – or very few. Why and how do they get on schedule?
With advancements in technology, libraries are offering much more than something to read. A library researcher offers a sampling of some unexpected items that library patrons can check out these days.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor in History of Modern Science and Technology, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist, Penn State
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate, GPEM, The University of Queensland
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Botanist, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor and DST/NRF Bio-economy Research Chair, University of Cape Town
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Emeritus Professor of Geological Sciences and Paleobotany, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Senior Lecturer in Natural Resources and Development, University of East Anglia
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Adjunct professor, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa
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Researcher, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Director, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, CSIRO
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University of Arkansas
