The outer covering of a seed is called the seed coat. Seed coats help protect the embryo from injury and also from drying out.

Themes > Science > Botanical Sciences > Plant Reproduction and Development > Plant Propagation Methods > Seed Structure...

The aims of the present study were (1) to provide a detailed documentation of gynoecium, fruit and seed structure and ontogeny in selected Paullinieae taxa;

Gynoecium, fruit and seed structure of Paullinieae (Sapindaceae) Export ... Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 147, No. 2. (February 2005), 159.

X-ray Imaging and Optics ... Prolonged survival of Fischer rats bearing F98 glioma after iodine-enhanced synchrotron stereotactic radiotherapy ... 2D mapping of texture in human dental enamel

Due to the imperviousness of the seed coat, this is impossible unless incisions are deliberately made. In contrast, the X-ray tomography approach is completely non-destructive.

PDF Version of Seed Industry Structure: Cross-Licensing Agreements for Genetically Engineered Traits;; Notes; 1. Data revised and updated from Pioneer Hi-Bred.

Minireview: analysis of rape seed napin structure and potential roles of the storage protein.

Citation: HIMMELSBACH, D.S., KIM, J., AKIN, D.E., HARDIN, I.R. COTTON FIBER/SEED COAT STRUCTURE AND FLAX FIBER ENZYME TREATMENT AS ANALYZED BY MID-IR MICROSPECTROSCOPY.

Seed Dormancy, Germination Environment, and Seed Structure of Lehmann Lovegrass, Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees1...