- Abscisic acid:
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Plant growth regulator that, among other processes, inhibits seed germination and is involved in dormancy imposition.
- Dormancy:
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Internal inadequacy of a seed that impedes its germination under, otherwise, favorable thermal, hydric, and gaseous conditions
- Preharvest sprouting:
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Untimely grain germination in the mother plant due to a combination of low dormancy and damp conditions prior to crop harvest
- ROS:
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Reactive oxygen species implicated in tissue aging and, more recently, in seed dormancy relief
- Stratification thermal time index:
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An index calculated by summing thermal time below a threshold temperature, which is used to estimate dormancy release as a function of stratification temperature and time
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Dormancy is a common attribute of temperate species. Its adaptive significance is quite evident for species living in the wild: dormancy is a mean for restricting germination to the season when environmental conditions are...
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Benech-Arnold, R.L., Verónica Rodriguez, M., Batlla, D. (2018). Seed Dormancy and Agriculture and Physiology. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_192-4
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