{"id":1336,"date":"2018-12-19T08:33:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T07:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inra.fr\/agronomy\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2018-12-19T08:36:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T07:36:23","slug":"on-farm-seed-priming-increases-crop-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/2018\/12\/19\/on-farm-seed-priming-increases-crop-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018On-farm\u2019 seed priming increases crop performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><figure id=\"attachment_1337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1337\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1337 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inra.fr\/agronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Picture-copyright-by-H.-Wainwright-and-A.-Rashid-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Picture-copyright-by-H.-Wainwright-and-A.-Rashid-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Picture-copyright-by-H.-Wainwright-and-A.-Rashid-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Picture-copyright-by-H.-Wainwright-and-A.-Rashid-640x453.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Picture-copyright-by-H.-Wainwright-and-A.-Rashid.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture copyright H. Wainwright and A. Rashid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There is an urgent need to render food production more sustainable in both economic and environmental terms. Scientists <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13593-018-0536-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carrillo-Reche et al.<\/a> reviewed the potential of so-called \u2018on-farm\u2019 seed priming, a low-cost low-risk technology for agricultural intensification in developing countries. They concluded that on average crop yields from \u2018on farm\u2019 primed seeds were 21 % higher than conventionally sown seeds, suggesting that the technique can be adopted by resource-poor farmers.<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1007\/s13593-018-0536-0'   ><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an urgent need to render food production more sustainable in both economic and environmental terms. Scientists Carrillo-Reche et al. reviewed the potential of so-called \u2018on-farm\u2019 seed priming, a low-cost low-risk technology for agricultural intensification in developing countries. They concluded that on average crop yields from \u2018on farm\u2019 primed seeds were 21 % higher &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018On-farm\u2019 seed priming increases crop performance\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/2018\/12\/19\/on-farm-seed-priming-increases-crop-performance\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018On-farm\u2019 seed priming increases crop performance\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seed-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/agronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}