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1 online resource (488 pages) |
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Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; The Germination of Seeds; OTHER TITLES OF INTEREST; Copyright; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; Chapter 1: THE STRUCTURE OF SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS; Publisher Summary; Chapter 2: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SEEDS; Publisher Summary; I Carbohydrates; II Lipids; III Proteins; IV Other Components; Chapter 3: FACTORS AFFECTING GERMINATION; Publisher Summary; I Viability and Life Span of Seeds; II External Factors Affecting Germination; Chapter 4: DORMANCY, GERMINATION INHIBITION AND STIMULATION |
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Publisher SummaryI Secondary Dormancy; II Possible Causes of Dormancy; III Germination Stimulators; IV Hormones in Germination; Chapter 5: METABOLISM OF GERMINATING SEEDS; Publisher Summary; I Changes in Storage Products During Germination; II Metabolism of Storage Products and Synthesis of Nucleic Acids and Proteins; III Respiration; Chapter 6: THE EFFECT OF GERMINATION INHIBITORS AND STIMULATORS ON METABOLISM AND THEIR POSSIBLE REGULATORY ROLE; Publisher Summary; I Effect of Natural Growth Substances; II The Effects of Coumarin and Thiourea; III The Effect of Various Metabolic Inhibitors |
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Chapter 7: THE ECOLOGY OF GERMINATIONPublisher Summary; I Effect of the Mother Plant; II External Factors in the Habitat of the Germinating Seed; III Ecological Role of External Factors; PLANT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
| Summary |
The Germination of Seeds |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Germination.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
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Germination.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Poljakoff-Mayber, A
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| ISBN |
9781483138046 |
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1483138046 |
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