Author Question: Provide three factors required for seed germination to occur. After these requirements are met, what ... (Read 39 times)

madam-professor · **on:** Jul 21, 2018

Provide three factors required for seed germination to occur. After these requirements are met, what are the three phases of seed germination?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Where is food stored in monocot and dicot seeds?

What will be an ideal response?

lindahyatt42 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The seed must be viable, the seed must be exposed to the proper environmental
conditions, and primary dormancy must be overcome. After these criteria are met,
there must be imbibition of water, formation or activation of enzyme systems, and
breakdown of storage products for use during germination.

Answer to Question 2

Monocots store food in the endosperm and dicots store food in the cotyledons.