What is meant by the term seed dormancy?
State three causes of seed dormancy.
Answer
a) A period of rest in which a seed performs its physiological processes slowly and utilizes little food;
b)- Chemical/growth inhibitors;
- Hard/impermeable seed coat;
- Low / freezing temperatures;
- Under developed embryo/immature embryo;
- Low concentration of hormones;
- Lack of appropriate light wavelength;
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