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The high horsepower needed to run impact mills has led to the concept of using directed energy to control weeds.

New research from La Trobe has identified ways to create more consistent seed growth across a season, ensuring bigger harvest yields for crop growers. A paper published in Nature Plants shows how La ...

In 2021, MSU plant biologist Lars Brudvig dug for one of the Beal bottles to continue the seed germination study, first done by Wiiliam J. Beal in the 19th century. For nearly 150 years, researchers ...

Many grasses and annual weed seeds have a relatively short life, two to five years, but researchers are finding other seeds to be more resilient. The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) recently ...

Plant seeds may strike the casual observer as unspectacular—but they have properties that are nothing short of superpowers. In a dry state they can store their energy for years and then suddenly ...