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Dormancy

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Book cover Physiology and Biochemistry of Seeds in Relation to Germination

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There are several possible reasons why a seed (or dispersal unit) though viable, does not germinate. One may be simply that the seed is dry! Another may be that environmental conditions are unsuitable for germination of the imbibed seed, e.g. an unfavourable temperature. In these two instances, germination can be secured by wetting the former and by transferring the latter to a more clement temperature. Such seeds are said to be quiescent; quiescence therefore being the arrest or retardation of metabolism and growth due to an environment which does not support these processes. Unfortunately, quiescence has often been confused with dormancy, and even in the research literature one can find references to “dormant” pea or bean seeds, when, in fact, the seeds are merely dry.

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