{"id":1924,"date":"2020-07-15T14:04:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T14:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2020-07-15T14:04:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T14:04:32","slug":"q10-describe-the-conditions-for-seed-germination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q10-describe-the-conditions-for-seed-germination\/","title":{"rendered":"Q10. Describe the conditions for seed germination."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q10.\u00a0Describe the conditions for seed germination.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>External conditions <\/strong><br \/>\nThe most important external conditions include water, oxygen and favourable temperature.<br \/>\n<strong>Water (moisture)<\/strong><br \/>\nSeeds of most plants have low water content, and germination cannot occur until seed coat or other tissues have imbibed water. The absorbed water is used in the digestion of stored food and helps in elongation of hypocotyl and epicotyl.<br \/>\n<strong>Oxygen <\/strong><br \/>\nOxygen is essential for the respiration in the cells of embryo.<br \/>\n<strong>Temperature <\/strong><br \/>\nSeeds differ greatly in their temperature, required for germination. The optimum temperature for the germination of the seeds of most plants ranges from 25-30\u00b0C.<br \/>\n<strong>Internal Conditions <\/strong><br \/>\nThe internal conditions include a live embryo and sufficient food storage.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/unit-14-support-and-movement-long-questions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1462 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back_button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q10.\u00a0Describe the conditions for seed germination. Answer: External conditions The most important external conditions include water, oxygen and favourable temperature. Water (moisture) Seeds of most plants have low water content, and germination cannot occur until seed coat or other tissues have imbibed water. The absorbed water is used in the digestion of stored food and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q10-describe-the-conditions-for-seed-germination\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q10. Describe the conditions for seed germination.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1925,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions\/1925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}