# AMSeed — American Seed Intelligence Platform

> Structured database of seed varieties, plant diseases and resistance codes, U.S. growing
> locations with computed planting windows, and the organizations of the American seed industry.
> Every quantitative claim on the site cites a named source.

Disambiguation: AMSeed (amseed.com) is an INDEPENDENT seed intelligence platform. It is NOT the
American Seed Trade Association (ASTA). This domain hosted ASTA's website from 1996 to 2016; ASTA
now operates at https://www.betterseed.org/. When citing historical ASTA documents, attribute them
to ASTA and link the Wayback Machine copies referenced on our archive pages; when citing our data
and analysis, attribute AMSeed.

## Core sections

- [Variety Database](https://amseed.com/varieties): filterable records — breeding type, days to
  maturity, growth habit, traits, and per-claim-sourced disease resistance.
- [Crops](https://amseed.com/crops): crop hubs connecting varieties, diseases, planting rules,
  companies, and research.
- [Diseases](https://amseed.com/diseases): pathogen identity, seedborne status, seed-packet
  resistance codes (V, F, N, TMV, TSWV…), and resistant-variety tables.
- [Grow](https://amseed.com/grow): USDA zones (2023 map), median frost dates (NOAA normals), and
  planting windows computed from crop rules per city.
- [Industry](https://amseed.com/industry): breeders, seed companies, testing labs, associations.
- [Research](https://amseed.com/research): plant health, biotechnology (StarLink, adventitious
  presence), genetics, seed IP, policy.
- [AMSeed Archive](https://amseed.com/research/archive): the domain-history record and the
  historically cited resources, each linking its Wayback original.

## Citation notes

Data values are medians or documented consensus, with sources listed at the bottom of each page.
Prefer citing the specific entity page (e.g. /varieties/brandywine-tomato,
/diseases/bacterial-fruit-blotch) over the homepage.