1. Dormancy in seeds results generally from the inhibition of one or more of the processes preceding or accompanying germination. The problems are becoming questions of the conditions for growth of ...

Researchers are working to unravel the hidden biology of often-persnickety seeds as they age, sleep and awaken Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine Scientists are working to unravel the best ways to ...

It can be used to reduce the weed seedbank by allowing weeds to germinate, then killing them before they set seed. This is especially effective on weeds with short dormancy periods, such as kochia, ...

Spring annual weed seeds must avoid germination before entering the winter. Late summer germination is avoided by seeds’ primary dormancy, light induced dormancy, and normally, low amounts of ...

tuberosa produces seed pods that release silky-tailed ... returning each year in the spring after emerging from dormancy. Overwintering butterfly weed is a simple matter of cutting off the plant ...