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DAMAGE to Phaseolus vulgaris seeds through soaking is widely recognized. Successive workers1–6 have interpreted their results as indicating that this is more likely to be caused by the leaching of cell constituents than by oxygen shortage. Our evidence, however, which conflicts with none of theirs, indicates that the rate of oxygen supply to the embryo is the basic problem.
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HEYDECKER, W., ORPHANOS, P. Delayed Damage to Phaseolus vulgaris L. Seeds by Water trapped during Soaking. Nature 216, 388–389 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216388a0
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