Do you want to find or save seed for planting or learn about or develop a new variety of your favorite plant? Find information about seeds and plant propagation methods for the home and commercial grower.
Organic Seed Suppliers Search National Center for Appropriate Technology. ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. Provides sources for organic seed of both agronomic and horticultural crops with an emphasis on small alternative seed companies offering open-pollinated vegetable, flower and herb seed.
Seed Savers Exchange Seed Savers Exchange. A nonprofit membership organization of individuals working locally and internationally to save heirloom garden seeds and offering a large selection of those seeds for sale. The catalog of seeds derives from a diverse selection of vegetables, herbs and flowers maintained by the group in its seed bank and preservation gardens.
Plant Breeding Research and Development USDA. Economic Research Service. Data from the National Plant Breeding Study (128 kb | PDF) published in 1996 by Dr. Kenneth J. Frey of Iowa State University. This study of United States plant breeders provides a comprehensive accounting of national plant breeding research efforts and also provides the only national benchmark to compare current efforts and future developments in this critically important area of research.
Plant Breeding as a Hobby University of Illinois. College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. "The purpose of this circular is to explain the principles of plant reproduction and to describe some of the simple techniques that can be used to produce new varieties or strains of plants."
Sustainable Organic Plant Breeding Louis Bolk Institute. This report discusses opportunities, needs and challenges of an organic plant breeding system.
Basic Seed Saving International Seed Saving Institute. Provides a glossary and description of basic terms, descriptions of basic methods and seed saving instructions for twenty-seven common vegetables sorted by difficulty.
Saving Our Seed Project Saving Our Seed Project. Provides a collection of seed production information resources, publications covering production of a varieties of seeds, a certified organic seed sourcing service, an online discussion forum and information about the One Seed At A Time program, a Southeast seed bank and curation facility.
