Explore: Seed Crops

legume crops harvested solely for the dry seed. This excludes green beans and green peas, which are considered vegetable crops. Also excluded are seeds that

evidence that the crop was widely cultivated by the Aztecs in pre-Columbian times and was a staple food for Mesoamerican cultures. Chia seeds are cultivated

Lotus seed Mustard seed Osage orange seed Papaya seed Poppy seed Pomegranate seed Sunflower seed Pumpkin seed Watermelon seed Passion fruit seed Eastern

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Norwegian: Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island

sunflower seeds are usually classified by the pattern on their husks. If the husk is solid black, the seeds are called black oil sunflower seeds. The crops may

seed orchards. Seed production and gene diversity is an important aspect when using improved materials like seed orchard crops. Seed orchards crops derive

Sudan, Myanmar, and India as the largest producers. Sesame seed is one of the oldest oilseed crops known, domesticated well over 3,000 years ago. Sesamum

their capacity as seed crops, or to a soup made from these seeds and popular in West Africa. The characteristics and uses of all these seeds are broadly similar

mustard. Ground mustard seed meal is used as a natural soil amendment for soil-borne disease management in other crops. The mustard seed is frequently referenced

such as seed crops (e.g., corn). In 2013 Bowman v. Monsanto Co. established that it was patent infringement for farmers to save crop seeds (soybeans