Sentence examples for breaking of dormancy from inspiring English sources

The seeds of many species do not germinate immediately after exposure to conditions generally favourable for plant growth but require a "breaking" of dormancy, which may be associated with change in the seed coats or with the state of the embryo itself.

Its transcript level increased at the breaking of dormancy.

Genes (An03g05590 and An11g04340) encoding putative purine transporters increased their transcript levels at breaking of dormancy.

The changes in gene expression during both the onset and breaking of dormancy in poplar have been described.

The breaking of dormancy led to an initial rapid breakdown of trehalose and its re-synthesis shortly afterwards.

Transcript levels of both of these genes decreased at the breaking of dormancy and remained low throughout germination.

Once dried, seeds were harvested and stored for four to six months to allow for a break of dormancy.

Seed development and breaking of seed dormancy were investigated to improve propagation of M. yunnanensis.

Fusicoccin (FC), a fungal phytotoxin produced by Fusicoccum amydali, stimulates several physiological and biochemical processes, such as cell elongation, breaking of seed dormancy, ethylene production, stomatal opening and solute transport (Marrè 1979; Malerba et al. 1995).

Some studies indicated that stratification could speed up the breaking of seed dormancy to about 6 months [ 7, 8].

The increase of seedling density with less frequent watering was also observed in dry temperate grassland, but the effect was attributed to the breaking of seed dormancy [ 48].