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prégermination [4 records]

Record 1 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nurseries (Farming)
  • Silviculture
  • Plant Biology
OBS

(Seed germination) The stage at which radicle just emerges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pépinières
  • Sylviculture
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Étape de la germination se produisant avant l'apparition de la radicelle en dehors des téguments de la graine.

CONT

[...] pour de faibles quantités de semences très sèches, notamment pour le Douglas, le Weymouth, le Cembro, connues pour germer difficilement au printemps, on peut pratiquer une «prégermination» méthodique [...]

OBS

On prendra garde de se laisser tromper par le verbe «pratiquer», utilisé dans la justification ci-dessus, qui pourrait faire croire que la «prégermination» est une technique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Viveros
  • Silvicultura
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 2 2000-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant and Crop Production
Key term(s)
  • pre-sprouting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
Key term(s)
  • prégermination

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Horticulture
CONT

The effects of seed priming on seedling development of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) under laboratory and greenhouse conditions were studied. Seeds of 'Top Net, SR' muskmelon were primed for 6 days in darkness at 77 °F (25 °C) in KNO3 (o.35 m) aerated solution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Horticulture
DEF

Technologie appliquée par les industriels semenciers pour l'obtention et la commercialisation de semences de qualité.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Root and Tuber Crops
DEF

The practice of allowing potatoes which are to be used for seed to be exposed to the air and light until small, sturdy, green sprouts appear at the eyes.

CONT

Chitting (also called green sprouting, pre-sprouting) involves holding seed tubers for a period of time at cool temperatures in the light prior to planting. This process ... results in earlier emergence ...

Key term(s)
  • presprouting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
OBS

des pommes de terre de semence; se fait dans un germoir

Spanish

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