Two Methods of Studying Rest: Temperature Alternation and Genetic Analysis
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- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in HortScience
- Vol. 22 (5) , 820-824
- https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.22.5.820
Abstract
Explaining the physiological basis of rest or endodormancy (23) in seeds and buds has been the goal of considerable research effort within the past 40 years. One of the most popular approaches has been to study hormonal control, based on the hypothesis that growth-inhibiting compounds accumulate in buds and seeds as growth slows or seeds mature, and that these are metabolized, or that growth promoters are synthesized, or both, during subsequent exposure to rest-breaking treatments (moist chilling, dry after-ripening, exposure to light, etc.)Keywords
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