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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. plant cultural practices
  3. seed treatment
  4. seed priming

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seed priming

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Pretreatment of seeds by various methods in order to improve seed germination rate, percentage germination, and improve uniformity of seedling emergence by controlling the water available in the seed. The pretreatment initiates the early stages of germination, but does not permit radicle protrusion, and then the seeds are dried until needed.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/56340

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