In horticulture, what term refers to the practice of growing, storing, and processing seeds?

The term that accurately describes the practice of growing, storing, and processing seeds is seed saving. This practice involves collecting seeds from plants, which may include specific techniques for ensuring the seeds remain viable for future planting, as well as managing the conditions under which seeds are stored to maintain their quality. Seed saving is a vital part of sustainable horticulture, allowing for the preservation of plant varieties and genetic diversity within crops.

Seed collection would typically refer to the act of gathering seeds from their plants, but it doesn’t encompass the aspects of storing and processing those seeds. Seed cultivation involves the growing of plants from seeds, while seed propagation broadly refers to any method of reproducing plants from seeds or other means, neither of which fully addresses the specific processes of storage and processing involved in seed saving.