A chemical generated in bushfires could have the potential to help breed agricultural crops that establish better and faster. Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia Steven Smith ...

Biologists at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered one of the key processes that let plants know when the time is right to grow and develop from seeds. The findings, published in Nature ...

Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant as it will leave the stage of seed resistant to various environmental constraints (climatic conditions, absence of nutritive elements, etc.) to ...

Dec. 27 (UPI) --Several studies have highlighted the roles hormones play in enabling seed germination, the sprouting of a seedling, or small plant, from a seed, but much less is known about how energy ...

Scientists have uncovered new insights into the way seeds use gene networks to control when they germinate in response to environmental signals. Scientists at the University of York have uncovered new ...

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Dehydrated plant seeds can lay dormant for long periods -- over 1,000 years in some species -- before the availability of water can trigger germination. This protects the embryonic plant inside from a ...

Working in small groups, ask pupils to decide what seeds need to start growing. They may wish to watch the video clips a second time. Do all groups agree? Ask the pupils to plant some seeds, such as ...