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Descriptor English: Germination
Descriptor Spanish: Germinación
Descriptor germinación
Scope note: Estadios iniciales del crecimiento de las SEMILLAS para convertirse en BROTES. El vástago embrionario (plúmula) y las RAÍCES de las PLANTAS embrionarias (radícula) emergen y crecen hacia arriba y hacia abajo, respectivamente. Las reservas de alimentos para la germinación proceden del tejido endospérmico en el interior de la semilla o de las hojas de la semilla (COTILEDÓN). (Traducción libre del original: Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990).
Descriptor Portuguese: Germinação
Descriptor French: Germination
Entry term(s): Germinations
Tree number(s): G07.345.625.249
G15.589.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018525
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
Previous Indexing: Plants (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Related: Seedlings MeSH
DeCS ID: 32221
Unique ID: D018525
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Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/07
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Germination - Preferred
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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