To determine:
The reason as to why many seeds undergo dormancy before germinating.
Introduction:
Germination (sprouting) of seed is the process through which a plant grows from a seed. Germination contains several stages, but it is characterized by the emergence of the first root (radicle) from the seed and then the plumule (shoot) comes out. The embryo utilizes the food reserved in the seed and grows to form a living organism (plant).
To describe:
The process of germination in
Introduction:
Germination (sprouting) of seed is the process through which a plant grows from a seed. Germination contains several stages, but it is characterized by the emergence of the first root (radicle) from the seed and then the plumule (shoot) comes out. The embryo utilizes the food reserved in the seed and grows to form a living organism (plant).
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