Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant as it will leave the stage of seed resistant to various environmental constraints (climatic conditions, absence of nutritive elements, etc.) to ...

Seed germination and dormancy ecology examines how seeds transition from a quiescent state to active growth, and how they delay that transition until environmental conditions are favourable. Dormancy ...

A research team led by Prof. Liu Xuncheng from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has recently published a study in the journal Plant Communications that sheds new ...

MIT engineers report that raindrop-generated acoustic vibrations can act as mechanical cues that accelerate seed germination, clarifying how plants monitor their surroundings. The team found that rain ...

Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant, as it will leave the stage of seed resistant to various environmental constraints (climatic conditions, absence of nutritive elements, etc.) to ...