In biology, matters are rarely either good or bad; oftentimes they may be both at once (albeit usually for different organisms). Take for instance hydrogen cyanide, which is widely regarded to be rather bad since it is...
Tag - germination
Nigel Chaffey
Smoking out weeds with karrikinolide
Karrikinolide (KAR1) is a smoke-derived chemical that can trigger seeds to germinate, and shows promise as a tool for flushing out weed seeds from the soil seed bank. Long et al. demonstrate that weeds of Brassicaceae...
botanyone
Growth regulators and germination of recalcitrant seeds
Growth regulators and germination of recalcitrant seeds There is relatively little information avialable regarding the role of plant growth regulators in the germination of recalcitrant seeds. Pieruzzi et al. determine...
Modelling germination and emergence of Medicago
Modelling germination and emergence of <i>Medicago</i> Germination and early heterotrophic growth are the crucial steps in plant establishment. Brunel et al. phenotype several Medicago truncatula genotypes...
Germination ecology of bulbils
Germination ecology of bulbils Bulbils serve as a means of vegetative reproduction and of dispersal for many plants. Using Chinese yam, Dioscorea polystachya, as a model, Walck et al. examine how bulbil germination is...
Germination stimulation by smoke but not by a butenolide
Tersonia cyathiflora (Gyrostemonaceae) is a fire ephemeral with an obligate requirement for smoke to germinate. Downes et al. (pp. 381–384) find that this species does not respond to a butenolide from smoke that...
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