Roles of Soluble Sugars in Protecting Phytochrome- and Gibberellin A3-Mediated Germination Control in Skotodormant Lettuce Seeds

The roles of inorganic nitrogen salts in

The roles of inorganic nitrogen salts in maintaining phytochrome- and gibberellin A3-mediated germination control in skotodormant lettuce seeds

✍ A. I. Hsiao; W. A. Quick 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 704 KB

## Skotodormant seeds of Lactuca sativa Grand Rapids imbibed in darkness for 10 days (10-day DS) germinated poorly upon terminal treatment with red light (R) or gibberellin A 3 (GA3). Inorganic nitrogen salts in the imbibition solutions reduced seed skotodormancy. Ten-day DS seeds, imbibed in 25 m