They are simply waiting. Whether it’s an apple tree, a lilac bush, or a tiny seed buried in the soil, plants enter dormancy as a survival strategy against the cold. Dormancy is not just ...

3, No. 3 (Mar., 1916), pp. 99-120 (22 pages) In closing let us consider a few of the more important general bearings of the facts treated in this paper. 1. Dormancy in seeds results generally from the ...

Different types of soil bacteria are shown here growing on a Petri dish. The soil sample came from the Kellogg Biological Station's Long-Term Ecological Research Site at Michigan State University ...

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Huang Zhenying from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered a remarkable survival strategy—a unique seed dormancy cycling mechanism in two desert ...

The Federal Public Service Commission, a 77-year-old institution once celebrated as Pakistan’s bastion of meritocracy, has ...

Gov Sim Fubara has commissioned a rebuilt fire service of the state, saying it is to end years of dormancy in fighting ...