Study sheds light on how seeds survive in tropical soils

Mongabay
Sep 5, 2018, 4:42 pm137 pts
Life is not easy for seeds. Avoiding ending up as food for animals and finding the right time and spot to germinate are two common problems. Until recently, scientists studying seeds approached these two issues separately. Some worked on the mechanisms by which seeds keep their predators away, while others…

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