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Factors Eliciting the Germination of Photoblastic Kalanchoe Seeds

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Recent Advances in the Development and Germination of Seeds

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In the Series “Monographies de Physiologie Végétale” edited by professor P.E. Pilet of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Daniel Côme (1970) wrote in the introductory remarks of his book “Les Obstacles à la Germination” : “… si l’on connaît le plus souvent les causes essentielles de la non-germination d’une semence, et si l’on sait quels traitements appliquer à cette semence pour la rendre apte à germer, les raisons profondes de la non-germination sont les plus souvent inconnues ou seulement très partiellement connues. Les recherches actuelles s’orientent progressivement vers une meilleure comprehénsion de ces mécanismes. L’expérimentation est difficile du fait que le repos des semences ne correspond pas a un simple arret de croissance et que la germination elle-même est encore un phénomène assez mal connu.”

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De Greef, J.A., Fredericq, H., Rethy, R., Dedonder, A., De Petter, E., Van Wiemeersch, L. (1989). Factors Eliciting the Germination of Photoblastic Kalanchoe Seeds. In: Taylorson, R.B. (eds) Recent Advances in the Development and Germination of Seeds. NATO ASI Series, vol 187. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0617-7_18

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