subject: Different Types Of Seeds [print this page] Man plants food, cotton, herbs, fuels, flowers and other products like this for different necessary applications of his life but the concept behind every production of product is same that we called planting. For better planting, he would need some resources like good climate, fertile land, water, sand and the most important one is seeds. These seeds are used for planting different natural necessities like herbs, cotton, vegetables, fruits, oils and flowers. Seeds are also grown under the plants just like with flowers, sometimes in fruits shell or a whole fruit would be a seed. These types of seeds are divided into because of different uses like herbal seeds for heath, cotton seeds for clothing, sesame seeds for food industry and oil seeds for biofuels. So, some of the common types of seeds are following:
Alfalfa Seed
Alfalfa seeds are so healthy to be used because they have a good amount of vitamins and proteins in it. Alfalfa seed is considered as low calorie and low-cholesterol seed or if we talk about vitamins range found in it so there are a large number of useful vitamins like C, K & A besides iron, magnesium, copper, iron and phosphorous so it can be used in both forms from raw to sprout because it helps to grow faster and live slim life.
Castor Seed
Castors seeds are popular oil seeds as we all know that very well but the thing remains it more popular is its toxicity. These seeds are highly toxic with elements of ricin, achieved world records for its toxicity and now they are used just for oil extraction. India is largest producer for castor oil seeds with 1 million tons/year production.
Cotton Seed
Cotton seeds are usually obtained from cotton flowers that are fluffy in white colors and these seeds can only be used for cotton growing but some other uses are also listed. Cotton is one of the cash crops as we all know but seeds of cotton also play important role because it is the main content for production of clothing across the globe. The largest producers of cotton in the world are China, India and Pakistan.
Hemp Seed
Hemp seeds are used as insulation material, clothing, adhesive and biodegradable plastic. It is a great dietary supplement so used for making body slimming products, along with that it is a great biofuel that made the history of energy saving with its effectiveness. China produces the 80 percent of the whole world production.
Oil Seed
Oil seeds are seeds that are used for oil extraction so it doesnt matter from which plant these seeds came from. Some common types of seeds that found useful for extraction of oils are palm seeds, soybeans, rapeseeds, sunflower seeds, peanut seeds, coconut, olive and corn seeds.
Rape Seed
Rapeseeds are widely used for making different agriculture products and fuels. History shows that rapeseed oil was used for powering steam engines in early 19th century so later the fuel is converted into the biodiesel form that puts away the global energy wastage. Leading producers for rapeseeds are China, India, Canada, Germany and France where China produces more than 13 million metric ton every year.
Sesame Seed
Sesame seeds are one of the most useful seeds that are being in used for different nutrient products from medicines to food items. Sesame seeds are largely produced around the world because of its uses like sesame oil, sesame breads, bread sticks and some other bakery products. In Pakistan and India, loafs are treated with sesame because of its crispy flavor so the largest producers are Burma, India and China.
Sunflower Seed
Sunflower seeds are very useful so they can be seen in main cuisines, raw foods, nutrition bars and the most useful product is sunflower oil that we are using for cooking, baking and taking other health benefits. Sunflower seeds are usually in black color if shelled so the leading producers for these seeds are Russia and Ukraine.
Seeds are useful for making different types of agriculture and biological products like cooking oils, foodstuffs, fuels, flavoring & coloring agents and even for biofuels.
