Definition of Seedstock

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seedstock

seedling
seedlings
seedlip
seedlips
seedlop
seedman
seedmen
seedness
seedpod
seedpods
seeds
seedsman
seedsmen
seedsnipe
seedsnipes
seedstock (current term)
seedstocks
seedtime
seedtimes
seedy
seedy toe
seein'
seeing
seeing-eye dog
seeing-eye dogs
seeing eye ball
seeing eye dog
seeing fit
seeing in
seeing is believing

Literary usage of Seedstock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"In Ecuador, farmers consider wild postlarvae the "Cadillac" of seedstock. ... Big hatcheries also supply most of China's seedstock, and big hatcheries are ..."

2. Lost Crops of Africa: Grains edited by F. R. Ruskin (1999)
"It will also give the farmers an incentive to use superior seedstock, especially because prices won't fall as much during good years. ..."

3. Climate and Food Security: Papers Persented at the International Symposium by International Rice Research Institute, Indian National Science Academy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (1989)
"In addition to serving as food reserves, grain inventories often are the seedstock for future crops. There are costs associated with maintaining reserves at ..."

4. Upland Rice Weeds of South and Southeast Asia by Marita Ignacio Galinato, Keith Moody, Colin M. Piggin (1999)
"Dissemination of the species is common from impure rice seedstock. The weed can also reproduce by division of culm clumps or rootstocks following tillage or ..."

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