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Seeds are designed to dry out which puts the embryonic plant into dormancy. However some seeds also have a hard outer covering which protects the seed and prevents water entering the seed for many years. Such seeds (eg the poppy) can have a dormancy exceeding 10s of years.
Some seeds also need frost before they will germinate a process called cold stratification. Others need fire to start the process.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agobecause it helps the seed stay alive during freezing/hot temp. and droughts
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∙ 11y agoSeeds will be dormant if they are dull in color or if they have no scent that attracts animals. Therefore, the plant will either reproduce by the wind or not reproduce at all.
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∙ 10y agoA seed can become dormant when water and warmth are not available. Cereal seeds found in a pyramid have been sprouted once put in contact with warmth and moisture.
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Is a dormant seed alive or dead?
it is nonliving Seed is living as it has got capacity to grow to a plant under favourable conditions. Life is dormant in seeds. Seeds become dead under unfavourable storage conditions. What is life? In simple terms life is the ability to multiply. Seeds may need energy to keep living as we say seeds are living under favourable conditions. The energy needs may be minimal.
What do you mean by dormancy in a seed?
Seed dormancy is a condition of plant seeds that prevents germination when the seeds are under optimal environmental conditions for germination. Living, non dormant seeds germinate when soil temperatures and moisture conditions are suited for cellular processes and division; dormant seeds do not.
What modifications of cellular respiration might you expect to find in dormant seeds?
During dormancy, seeds wait until the conditions are optimal for cellular respiration. Modifications would include things such as seeding elongation, germination and hormone regulation.
How are gymnosperms and angiosperms similar how are they different?
the international supporting system through which water, minerals, and food move inside the plant is called
What happens when the pollen tube joins the ovule?
If The Pollen Tube Joins The Ovules They Will Have Fertilization And At The End After The Ovules Will Become The Seeds It Is One Or Many Seeds
How do you write a sentence with the word dormant?
The seeds are dormant but alive.
How does a flower seed become dormant?
A flower seed becomes dormant over the passage of time. Flower seeds that sit over a long time and becomes dried out and shriveled, it will cease to be effective and will turn dormant.
In winter these seeds are .?
dormant
Is a dormant seed alive or dead?
it is nonliving Seed is living as it has got capacity to grow to a plant under favourable conditions. Life is dormant in seeds. Seeds become dead under unfavourable storage conditions. What is life? In simple terms life is the ability to multiply. Seeds may need energy to keep living as we say seeds are living under favourable conditions. The energy needs may be minimal.
What do you mean by dormancy in a seed?
Seed dormancy is a condition of plant seeds that prevents germination when the seeds are under optimal environmental conditions for germination. Living, non dormant seeds germinate when soil temperatures and moisture conditions are suited for cellular processes and division; dormant seeds do not.
Seeds can lie dormant for many years unit?
conditions are right for growth.
What are microbiotic mesobiotic and macrobiotic seeds?
Microbiotic seeds are those from which grains develop, macrobiotic seeds lead to fruit formation, while mesobiotic seeds are those that can survive in a dormant state.
How does a seed becomes dormant?
A flower seed becomes dormant over the passage of time. Flower seeds that sit over a long time and becomes dried out and shriveled, it will cease to be effective and will turn dormant.
What kind of seeds live through cold winters but do not sprout until spring?
Dormant
How do plants survive short growing season?
either by becoming dormant or producing seeds
Why do germinating seeds produce more carbon dioxide than dry seeds?
because dry seeds are dormant and have a very low metabolic rate (as opposed to a germinating seed)
Dormant seeds are stimulated to sprout by the effect of?
a number of things, although temperature is normally the catalyst.
