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Concept information

Preferred term

recalcitrant seeds

Type

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Definition

  • Information Seeds that do not acquire desiccation tolerance during their development and are shed at relatively high moisture contents. These seeds rapidly loose water and their viability.

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/223742

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