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A RECENT communication1 suggests that high results in germination tests on barley, carried out in moist sand for 7–10 days, necessarily indicate the absence of ‘dormancy’ in the sample. It further claims that the ‘dormant’ condition in barley can be eliminated by desiccation.
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POLLOCK, J. Dormancy in Barley. Nature 178, 1359 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781359a0
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