Seed storage conditions are critical determinants of rice seed viability and subsequent germination performance

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Sourced from the future work and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2019 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 11 times in total.

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• Advances and Deficits of Conventional and Novel Seed Enhancement Technologies (2026) · Agriculture · doi

  Modern seed enhancement technologies (SETs) are redefining the interface between plant biology and agricultural engineering, offering a new paradigm for improving crop germination, vigour and yield, resilience to biotic and abiotic stressors and providing alter- natives to materials that contribute to waste and pollution. This review has examined the current state of SETs, including conventional seed coating and priming versus newly emerg- ing nano-enabled delivery systems, biodegradable seed coatings and natural biostimulants, https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture16161788 Agriculture 2026, 16, 1788 23 of 35 with an emphasis on mechanistic insights, agronomic value and translational barriers. Both conventional and modern SETs provide a platform for delivering plant-promoting actives, such as nutrients, biostimulants, beneficial microbes and crop protectants, directly to the seed microenvironment. By fine-tuning the timing, location and dosage of these agents, SETs can deliver a healthier crop with a higher yield. Nevertheless, SETs remain constrained by some critical limitations. Firstly, sustain- ability issues are increasingly being documented, especially in relation to conventional seed coatings. Pesticides and synthetic polymers within coatings can damage and/or modify the seed and soil microbiome and dust-off can have off-target impacts, such as bee mortality. Microplastic coating fragments can negatively impact soil health and contribute to pollution through slow degradation and can release toxins that have off-target impacts, such as damage to human and aquatic health. To overcome such challenges and to progress towards sustainable agriculture, indus- tries are seeking alternatives to agrichemicals and materials derived from fossil fuels. And the field of natural carbohydrate- and protein-based biopolymers is an exciting area that holds great promise in developing biodegradable and microbe- and environment-friendly coatings. Additionally, novel nanotechnologies present better penetration of actives into the seed/crop and substantially more precise and targeted delivery, which then promises to improve the efficiency of pesticides, fertilisers and biostimulants, with resultant reductions in detrimental off-target impacts. Organic nanoparticles are particularly promising as they are biodegradable and more readily biocompatible with living organisms. Also, natural biostimulants are being ever-increasingly explored as alternatives to agrichemicals. In particular, beneficial bacteria and fungi are being trialed as biofertilisers to enhance plant nutrient uptake and to promote biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, seed germination and crop growth. The incorporation of biostimulants into biopolymers promises particularly exciting new pathways for chemical and pollutant-free modern agriculture. One issue that is ubiquitous across most old and new SETs is that the re-drying of seeds post-priming and coating can compromise seed quality and longe

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  Keywords: seed sets crop biostimulants coatings agriculture modern plant conventional coating biodegradable natural target impacts germination
• Effects of storage condition and duration on viability and starch metabolism in biochar-coated rice seeds (2026) · BMC Plant Biology · doi

  Background Seed storage conditions are critical determinants of rice seed viability and subsequent germination performance; however, the extent to which biochar-based seed coatings enhance storage tolerance and the underlying physiological mechanisms remain poorly understood.

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  Keywords: seed storage background conditions critical determinants rice viability subsequent germination performance extent biochar based coatings
• On‐farm seed priming and fertilizer micro‐dosing: Agronomic and economic responses of maize in semi‐arid Ethiopia (2019) · Food and Energy Security · cited 11× · doi

  To realize the potential of seed priming of increasing agronomic performances, future research and development efforts should focus on understanding the possible underling physiological and biochemical basis of this poorly understood process with the different priming techniques.

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  Keywords: priming realize potential seed increasing agronomic performances future development efforts focus understanding possible underling physiological

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