Seed Coatings (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Seed Coatings

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Providing seeds with a protective coating that also supplies essential nutrients to the germinating plant could make it possible to grow crops in otherwise unproductive soils, according to new research at MIT.

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Image courtesy of Augustine Zvinavashe, Hui Sun, Eugen Lim, and Benedetto Marelli.

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