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ONE of the striking properties of gibberellic acid is its ability to curtail the rest period of seeds and other dormant organs. For example, dormant seeds of lettuce1, peach2, Arabidopsis 3 and barley4 germinate spontaneously when placed in solutions of gibberellic acid. However, no data are available concerning the effects of this substance on the onset of seed dormancy when plants bearing developing seeds are treated, although such effects might be predicted. Results obtained in this laboratory bear out this prediction.
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BLACK, M., NAYLOR, J. Prevention of the Onset of Seed Dormancy by Gibberellic Acid. Nature 184, 468–469 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184468a0
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