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Cellular Events during Germination and Seedling Growth

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Abstract

Respiration, enzyme and organelle activity, and RNA and protein synthesis are fundamental cellular activities intimately involved in the completion of germination and the preparation for subsequent growth. It is not surprising, therefore, that most research into the biochemistry of germination and growth have concentrated on these events, to which we now turn our attention.

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  1. Plant Physiology Research Group, Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada

    J. Derek Bewley

  2. Department of Biology, Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, Campden Hill, London, W8 7AH, England

    Michael Black

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Bewley, J.D., Black, M. (1985). Cellular Events during Germination and Seedling Growth. In: Seeds. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1747-4_4

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