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Differential specificity in water imbibition of indian arid zone seeds

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Biologia Plantarum

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Studies on seeds of 40 arid zone plant species have revealed that seeds exhibit differential specificity in water inhibition percentage. Most of these seeds show very poor imbibition capacity and that takes place within the first three hours, after which this uptake becomes very slow. This low hydrature and quick water uptake wherever it takes place is correlated with the erratic rainfall in the Indian arid zone. Most of the leguminous seeds are impermeable to water because of hard seed coatedness. However, those seeds which imbibed showed a very high percentage of water uptake.

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  1. Plant Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Jodhpur, P.O. Box 14, 342 001, Jodhpur, India

    R. P. Bansal, P. R. Bhati & D. N. Sen

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Bansal, R.P., Bhati, P.R. & Sen, D.N. Differential specificity in water imbibition of indian arid zone seeds. Biol Plant 22, 327–331 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02908976

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