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10/10/2025

🆕 New Article Published in Seeds! 🌱👏
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Different Germination Strategies Displayed by Three Potamogeton Species: P. natans, P. lucens, and P. pectinatus

by Carmen Díaz-Paniagua and Rocío Fernández-Zamudio

📖 Read the full article here: https://brnw.ch/21wWvKW

Aquatic plants may rely on seeds to promote population persistence after severe disturbances, such as droughts. We characterized the seed germination dynamics for three Potamogeton species following seed storage under dry versus submerged conditions. Overall germination levels were highest for P. lu...

09/10/2025

🆕 New Article Published in Seeds! 🌱👏
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UVB Stress Induced Changes in Germination and Carbohydrate Mobilization in Chenopodium Quinoa Willd. Seeds

by Marco Carli, Lorenzo Guglielminetti and Thais Huarancca Reyes

📖 Read the full article here: https://brnw.ch/21wWtNY

Chenopodium quinoa Willd. (quinoa) is a very promising crop due to its nutraceutical properties and strong tolerance to extreme conditions, including high UVB. However, the physiological mechanisms underlying its adaptation to high UVB are still unclear, especially during germination as its traditio...

08/10/2025

🆕 New Article Published in Seeds! 🌱👏
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Biostimulant Potential of Colombian Mangrove-Associated Pseudomonas spp. for Sustainable Seed Priming

by Gustavo Echeverri-Jaramillo, Flaviano Trasmundi, Junior Bernardo Molina-Hernández, Chiara Rossi, Fabio Stagnari and Clemencia Chaves-López

📖 Read the full article here: https://brnw.ch/21wWrPt

Modern agriculture faces critical challenges from soil degradation and excessive use of chemical fertilizers, threatening sustainable seed germination and crop establishment. The main objective of this research was to evaluate the feasibility of using Pseudomonas spp. isolated from Colombian mangrov...

07/10/2025

🆕 New Article Published in Seeds! 🌱👏
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Mutation in the LONGIFOLIA1 Gene Resulted in Suppressed Insensitivity of Arabidopsis thaliana proteolysis6 Mutant to Ethylene During Seed Germination

by Xu Wang, Ying Luo, Yuan Cao, Yujin Gong, Francoise Corbineau 2 and Yong Xiang

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Seed dormancy and germination is regulated by internal hormones and exogenous environment cues. Ethylene is one of the hormones that break seed dormancy and induce seed germination. Our previous study showed that N-degron pathway gene, proteolysis6 (PRT6) was involved in dormancy release by ethylene...

06/10/2025

🆕 New Article Published in Seeds! 🌱👏
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Seed Nanopriming Improves Jalapeño Pepper Seedling Quality for Transplantation
by Erick H. Ochoa-Chaparro, Juan J. Patiño-Cruz, Julio C. Anchondo-Páez, Alan Alvarez-Monge, Cristina L. Franco-Lagos and Esteban Sánchez

📖 Read the full article here: https://brnw.ch/21wWnNJ

Nanopriming with metal nanoparticles (NPs) is a promising strategy for improving seedling quality in horticultural crops. This study evaluated the effects of hydropriming, ZnO, SiO2, ZnO + SiO2, a ZnMo nanofertilizer, and two commercial biostimulants (Osmoplant and Codasil) on the early development ...

30/09/2025

Special Issue Recommendation

🚩 Seed Germination Techniques in Halophyte Plants
🔈 Submission Deadline: 31 December 2025
✅ Edited by Dr. José Antonio Hernández Cortés, Dr. Pedro Diaz-Vivancos and Dr. Gregorio Barba-Espín
🔗https://brnw.ch/21wWd97

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Seeds, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.

29/09/2025

Special Issue Recommendation

🚩 Parameters of Seed Germination in Wild Plant Species
🔈 Submission Deadline: 31 October 2025
✅ Edited by Dr. Božena Šerá
🔗https://brnw.ch/21wWaYG

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Seeds, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.

26/09/2025

We are proud to highlight one of our Highly Cited Papers! ✨

📖 “Seed Water Absorption, Germination, Emergence and Seedling Phenotypic Characterization of the Common Bean Landraces Differing in Seed Size and Color”, published in Seeds.

by Monika Vidak, Boris Lazarević, Tomislav Javornik, Zlatko Šatović and Klaudija Carović-Stanko

🔗 Read the full paper here: https://brnw.ch/21wW6Yf

24/09/2025

We are proud to highlight one of our Highly Cited Papers! ✨

📖 “The Effects of Storage Conditions on Seed Deterioration and Ageing: How to Improve Seed Longevity”, published in Seeds.

by Françoise Corbineau

🔗 Read the full paper here: https://brnw.ch/21wW2G4

Seeds are classified as either: orthodox, seeds that tolerate dehydration; recalcitrant, seeds that are high in moisture content and cannot withstand intensive desiccation; or intermediate, seeds that survive dehydration but die during dry storage at low temperatures. Seed lifespan depends on the se...

22/09/2025

Special Issue Recommendation

🚩 Progress in Multi-omics and Bioinformatics Approaches: Seed Microbiome and Metagenome
🔈 Submission Deadline: 31 January 2026
✅ Edited by Dr. Aria Dolatabadian and Dr. Mohammad Sayari
🔗https://brnw.ch/21wVYIE

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Seeds, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.

19/09/2025

We are proud to highlight one of our Highly Cited Papers! ✨

📖 “Seed Systems Resilience—An Overview”, published in Seeds

by Niels P. Louwaars and Gigi Manicad

🔗 Read the full paper here: https://brnw.ch/21wVUHV

Seeds are a basic input for all crop production. Good seed is crucial for the global food and nutrition security, for rural development and farmers’ livelihoods and for all green value chains. What “good seed” is depends on individual farmer’s needs. The sustainable availability of seed and ...

17/09/2025

We are proud to highlight one of our Highly Cited Papers! ✨

📖 “Improvement of Seed Quality by Priming: Concept and Biological Basis”, published in Seeds

by Françoise Corbineau, Nesrin Taskiran-Özbingöl and Hayat El-Maarouf-Bouteau

🔗 Read the full paper here: https://brnw.ch/21wVQ83

Presoaking seeds in water (hydropriming) or in a solution, usually of polyethylene glycol (PEG) or various salts at low water potential (osmopriming), has been demonstrated to improve the germination of seeds of numerous species including vegetables (carrot, celery, leek, lettuce, tomato), floral pl...