The Triumph of Seeds (47 page)

Tara,
51

Tea,
155

Teeth,
126–127
,
189

Tetraploid plants,
211–212

Tewksbury, Joshua (scientist),
136

Theophrastus (Greek philosopher),
15
,
85

Thoreau, Henry David (author),
3

Tonka beans,
170–171
,
174

Traditional medicines,
169

Transect,
3–5

Triploid plants,
212

Tsamma melon,
184
,
186
,
189
,
191

Umbrella gun,
162–163

Vanilla,
214

Vavilov, Nikolai (scientist),
104–105

Velvet bean,
169

Vetch,
169

Voltaire (philosopher),
153

Walker-Watson, Chelsey (coffeehouse owner),
157–159

Wallace, Alfred Russel (biologist),
74

Wallace’s spike moss,
64 (fig.)
,
65

Walters, Christina (seed storage expert),
97–99
,
102–104
,
106–107
,
109–110

Warfarin,
171–172

Water, seed germination and,
12–14

Watermelon,
187
,
189
,
211–213

Weaver, Brandon Paul (barista),
158–159
,
191

Weaver, Robert (farmer),
211–213

Weeds,
94–95

Weiner, Jonathan (author),
124

Wells, H. G. (author),
93

Western Garden Book
(Sunset),
73

Whealy, Diane Ott (Seed Savers founder),
107–108
,
213–214

Whealy, Kent (Seed Savers founder),
107

Wheat,
21–22
,
28

agricultural acreage in,
20
,
33

caryopsis,
33 (fig.)

commerce,
32–36

in Roman Republic,
29

viable lifespan of seed,
98

Wheaties,
151

White, Sam (manager, wheat cooperative),
32–37

White hellebore,
164

Whitney, Eli (inventor),
196
,
199
,
204–205

Wilde, Oscar (writer),
121

Willow trees,
172

Wind dispersal,
192
,
196
,
206–207

Winged seeds,
206–210
,
207 (fig.)

Woollybutt,
27–28

Wrangham, Richard (anthropologist),
25–28

Wright, Geraldine (neuroscientist),
148–149

Württembergische Wintererbse (pea variety),
72
,
79
,
122