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RECENT work by Peters1 and his co-workers upon burn damage in animal tissue reveals features of primary damage not unlike some present in grain which has been damaged by excessive heat during drying. This damage in grain is manifested by delay and by reduced resistance to adverse conditions when it is afterwards germinated. Animal tissue burns are complicated by diffusion from the cells of substances which may be of a toxic character, but with grain such effects appear to be absent.
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HUTCHINSON, J., GREER, E. & THOMAS, P. Heat Damage in Cereal Seeds. Nature 158, 120–121 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158120a0
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