part of multicellular organismal process seed development acquisition of seed longevity https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/19829 pg 2020-11-11T21:28:55Z GO:0140547 The acquisition of seed longevity is the ordered series of events during seed development, that prevent embryo deterioration and ROS damage and thus contribute to seed viability over time or in response to adverse environmental conditions. These events include protective (e.g. production of glassy cytoplasm ) and repair (e.g. oxidative stress responses) processes. biological_process