The objective of modern seed-coating technology is to uniformly apply a wide range of
active components (ingredients) onto crop seeds at desired dosages so as to facilitate …

Lignins are the most important aromatic renewable natural resource today, serving as a
sustainable, environmentally acceptable alternative feedstock to fossil‐derived chemicals …

Urgent solutions to global climate change are needed. Ambitious tree‐planting initiatives,
many already underway, aim to sequester enormous quantities of carbon to partly …

Scarcity of natural resources, shifting demographics, climate change, and increasing waste
are four major challenges in the quest to feed the exploding world population. These …

High temperatures, soil salinity, a lack of available water, loose soils with reduced water
holding, and low soil fertility are obstacles to restoration efforts in degraded drylands and …

The growing demand for native seeds in ecological restoration and rehabilitation, whether
for mining, forest, or ecosystem restoration, has resulted in a major global industry in the …

This review article highlights recent advances in designing biomaterials to be interfaced with
food and plants, with the goal of enhancing the resilience of the AgroFood infrastructure by …

The practice of coating seeds has evolved from ancient agriculture traditions to one of the
most widely used aids in achieving enhanced crop yields. Wide-scale usage of seed …

Seed-based restoration often experiences poor success due to a range of edaphic and
biotic issues. Seed enhancement technologies (SETs) are a novel approach that can …

Seed delivery to site is a critical step in seed‐based restoration programs. Months or years
of seed collection, conditioning, storage, and cultivation can be wasted if seeding operations …