3 Definitions and Hypotheses of Seed Dormancy
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 27: Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination
Henk W.M. Hilhorst,
Henk W.M. Hilhorst
Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Arboretumlaan 4, Wageningen, 6703 BD, the Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorHenk W.M. Hilhorst,
Henk W.M. Hilhorst
Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Arboretumlaan 4, Wageningen, 6703 BD, the Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2007 in Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination, Volume 27 (ISBN 9781405139830) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Kent J. Bradford and Hiroyuki Nonogaki. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Classifications of Dormancy
- Definitions of Dormancy
- Primary Dormancy
- Secondary Dormancy
- Signaling in Dormancy
- Challenges for the Future
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