Descriptor in English: | Germination |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Germinación |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Germinação |
Descriptor in French: | Germination |
Entry term(s): |
Germinations |
Tree number(s): |
G07.345.625.249 G15.357 |
Scope note: | The initial stages of the growth of SEEDS into a SEEDLINGS. The embryonic shoot (plumule) and embryonic PLANT ROOTS (radicle) emerge and grow upwards and downwards respectively. Food reserves for germination come from endosperm tissue within the seed and/or from the seed leaves (COTYLEDON). (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990) |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
DE drug effects GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects |
History Note: | 95 |
See also the descriptors: |
Seedlings
MeSH |
DeCS UI: | 32221 |
Descriptor UI: | D018525 |
Date Established: | 1995/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1994/06/07 |
Revision Date: | 2016/06/23 |
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PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Physiological Phenomena [G07]Physiological Phenomena -
PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Plant Physiological Phenomena [G15]Plant Physiological Phenomena
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Germination
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Concept UI |
M0027773 |
Scope note | The initial stages of the growth of SEEDS into a SEEDLINGS. The embryonic shoot (plumule) and embryonic PLANT ROOTS (radicle) emerge and grow upwards and downwards respectively. Food reserves for germination come from endosperm tissue within the seed and/or from the seed leaves (COTYLEDON). (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990) |
Preferred term | Germination |
Entry term(s) |
Germinations |
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