Germination of Seeds

Germination is the resumption of growth of the embryo plant inside the seed.
Link to discussion of seed formation

Requirements:

Germination in Dicots

The image (courtesy of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.) is a time-lapse photograph showing three stages in the germination of a bean seed.

Germination in Monocots

When grass seeds, e.g. corn (maize) or oats (shown here), germinate
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28 March 1999