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Comments on “Seed germination as a thermobiological problem” (A reply)

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The criticisms formulated by J. E. Philipp against my former article [Labouriau LG (1978) Radiat Environ Biophys 15: 345–366] are analysed and answered, in connection with1. the applicability of the activation-energy approach to the kinetics of seed germination,2. the use of curvilinearversus rectilinear Arrhenius plots,3. with the interpretation of3.1. the extreme temperature cardinal points,3.2. of the thermodynamic parameters of the activation of germination, and3.3. of the informational entropy of the distributions of isothermal germination times.

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Discussion about the Paper “Seed Germination as a Thermobiological Problem” by L. G. Labouriau Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 15:345–366 (1978)

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Labouriau, L.G. Comments on “Seed germination as a thermobiological problem” (A reply). Radiat Environ Biophys 23, 298–304 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01407602

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