In the flower beds, coneflowers such as echinacea and rudbeckia turn into food as the blooms go to seed this time of year.
But Gottfried's team ran into a No. 1 seed each time that denied the Wolfpack a chance at the program's first tournament title since 1987 under Jim Valvano.
The Bulldogs, who earned the WCC's top seed for the 13th time, were the first team to go 16-0 in the league in the two years of the 16-game format.
Federer seemed to catch a break in the draw when he was put in the same half as fourth-seed David Ferrer and not seven-time tournament winner Rafael Nadal, the third seed.
Australia's Sam Stosur is the fifth seed, with four-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams seeded sixth.
The 31-year-old beat third seed Nadal for the second time in seven meetings, with his other victory back in 2005.
It was the first time that sixth seed Roddick had dropped his service in a match lasting four hours and 18 minutes.
WePay was boot-strapped for some time and then obtained seed financing after a stint at the Y Combinator from which it emerged in 2009.
He will start his 53rd grand slam tournament against 46th-ranked Frenchman Benoit Paire, and as second seed he cannot meet two-time defending champion Djokovic until the final.
Murray next plays Roland Garros finalist Robin Soderling, who reached the quarterfinals in California for the first time after beating ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-3 6-4.
Kim has been investing in this sector for some time, believing that seed firms will become more in demand as startups need less cash to get started.
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Those farmers who planted carefully, kept pests away, weeded and watered, harvested at the right time and kept aside seed for next year were most likely to have enough to feed their families, and maybe even some left over to sell at market.
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The PCOM was born in the late 1930s as a desperate act of self-defense by West Texas cotton farmers, who at the time could hardly give their seed away.
The second seed took the lead for the first time in the third game of the opening set when he reached a well-placed volley by Roddick and fired a down the line winner back past his unbelieving opponent.
Second seed Nadal faces former world No. 3 David Nalbandian in Friday's quarterfinals following three-time champion Roger Federer's clash with another Argentine, ninth seed Juan Martin del Potro.
The two-time quarterfinalist will face Russian 27th seed Mikhail Youzhny in round three.
Cashman reached out to the two-time All Star to plant the seed and gauge Lee's thoughts and didn't rule out Lee joining the team.
World No. 41 Lisicki, who has reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time, will next face ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki.
The top names in the field -- world No. 2 Novak Djokovic, five-time champion Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Murray -- begin their campaigns on Wednesday after being handed a first-round bye.
World No.52 Klizan was reaching that stage of a grand slam for the first time and will face either 32nd seed Jeremy Chardy of France, who beat Murray in Cincinnati, or Australia's Matthew Ebden.
The Tar Heels hold the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament for the first time, and they hope to take their first steps toward a national title this weekend during their four-team regional.
The No. 3 seed, Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland, wasted little time in wrapping up a 6-3 6-3 win over Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova.
With global food prices near all-time highs, Monsanto, global seed and agricultural product powerhouse, delivered blockbuster fiscal first quarter earnings before the bell on Tuesday.
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The Knicks won for the 15th time in 16 games and locked up their highest seed since they were also a No. 2 in 1994.
This time, New York is the No. 2 seed after ending Boston's five-year reign as division champion and won three of the four meetings in the regular season.
It was the first time the 19-year-old had beaten 18th seed Zheng in four meetings, and also gave her a first semifinal berth at Indian Wells.
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In that span of time, 9 champions have been the No. 1 seed, 2 winners were No. 2 seeds, and another 2 victors were No. 3 seeds.
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