Juergen Freund / Seeds and flower from large tropical almond, sea almond, beach almond (Terminalia catappa) against black sand, Sulawesi beach, Indonesia

Nigel Cattlin / Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seed in soil, prior to germination and growth, above and below ground. Sequence 1/5.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Palm oil kernel in hands, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. August 2010.

Jack Dykinga / Chestnut mandibled toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii) in tropical rainforest canopy with beech almond fruit. Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Sue Flood / Copra drying on Puka Puka. This is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. Coconut oil extracted from it has made copra an important agricultural commodity for many coconut producing countries. Puk...

Thomas Marent / Oil Palm (Elaeis sp) fruit showing one split with kernel, northern Sumatra, Indonesia

Philippe Clement / Common walnut (Juglans regia) kernel nut exposed in shell, native to Southern Europe and Asia

Roger Powell / Female Chaffinch {Fringialla coelebs} with seed kernel in beak, Northumberland, UK

Kim Taylor / Nut Weevil (Curculio nucum) larva emerges from Hazelnut after feeding on the kernel, UK.

Roger Powell / Rose-ringed parakeet (Alexandrinus krameri) male perched on a branch with a nut kernel in beak, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.

Roger Powell / Rose-ringed parakeet (Alexandrinus krameri) male perched on a branch with a nut kernel in beak, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.

Nigel Cattlin / Bunt or covered smut (Tilletia tritici) infected ripe wheat ear with bunt balls cut open to show spores replacing grain.

Nigel Cattlin / Cotton bollworm / fruitworm (Helicoverpa spp.) larva feeding on and damaging a peanut / groundnut (Arachis hypogea) kernel, North Carolina, October

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed ripe cob of sweetcorn (Zea mays) cut across to show structure and attachment of kernels, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed ripe cob of sweetcorn (Zea mays) cut across to show structure and attachment of kernels, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Partly exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Poorly and unevenly pollinated exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays), undeveloped and partly fertilized, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed mature Exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed mature Exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed mature Exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Deformed Sweet corn (Zea mays) tassel ear that has produced kernels which are not protected by a husk, the plant also produces a normal cob. Berkshire, England, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Sweetcorn or corn (Zea mays) silk exposed above the husk on the cob shrivelled and brown after fertilization from wind blown pollen. Berkshire, England, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Sweetcorn or corn (Zea mays) silk exposed above the husk on the cob and receptive to wind dispersed pollen from the male tassels. Berkshire, England, UK, August.