the period of internal change that is necessary in some apparently mature seeds before germination can occur
Examples of 'after-ripening' in a sentence
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Harvested seed were subjected to controlled after-ripening and aging regimes.
E. Patrick Fuerst, Dennis Pittmann, Amanda M. Snyder, Kristen L. Granger, Robert S.Gallagher 2013, 'Implications of Environmental Stress during Seed Development on Reproductive and SeedBank Persistence Traits in Wild Oat (Avena fatua L.)', Agronomyhttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/3/3/537. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It requires a period of dry storage (after-ripening) or certain environmental conditions to be overcome.
Bas Dekkers, Simon Pearce, Marieke van Bolderen-Veldkamp, Michael Holdsworth, LeónieBentsink 2016, 'Dormant and after-ripened seeds are distinguished by early transcriptional differencesin the imbibed state', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01323/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Seed germination potential can be acquired during a prolonged period of dry storage called after-ripening.
Patrice Meimoun, Ernest Mordret, Nicolas B. Langlade, Sandrine Balzergue, SandrineArribat, Christophe Bailly, Hayat El-Maarouf-Bouteau 2014, 'Is Gene Transcription Involved in Seed Dry After-Ripening?', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0086442. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thus, after-ripening may increase germination potential over time by reducing dormancy-promotingstored transcript levels.
Sven K. Nelson, Tohru Ariizumi, Camille M. Steber, Camille M. Steber, Camille M. Steber 2017, 'Biology in the Dry Seed: Transcriptome Changes Associated with Dry Seed Dormancy andDormancy Loss in the Arabidopsis GA-Insensitive sleepy1-2 Mutant', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.02158/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this study, we investigate hormone involvement in temperature induced germination as compared to that caused by after-ripening.
Qiong Xia, Maharajah Ponnaiah, Kaviya Thanikathansubramanian, Françoise Corbineau,Christophe Bailly, Eiji Nambara, Patrice Meimoun, Hayat El-Maarouf-Bouteau 2019, 'Re-localization of hormone effectors is associated with dormancy alleviation by temperatureand after-ripening in sunflower seeds', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-019-40494-w. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The data was given including seed productivity and sowing quality indicators, after-ripening duration and economic fitness of seeds.
В. Д. Бугайов, В. В. Бугайов, І. В. Смульська 2017, 'The use of less common grass varieties as a factor of increasing forage lands productivity',Plant Varieties Studying and Protectionhttp://journal.sops.gov.ua/article/view/97352. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)