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Chapter 36, Problem 1ITD
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The experimental variables in the given germination experiment.
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The germination percentage in context of KAR (karrikins) for seeds is observed in mutant plants A. thaliana (also named as gal-3), in the given experiment. The selected plants do not synthesize gibberellins (GA). The set of seeds are exposed to different concentrations of GA in the imbibing water and different observations are made for ABA (abscisic acid)-deficient plants. The seeds of mutant ABA-deficient plants are provided with ABA-supplement and the ABA-deficient seeds were not provided with supplement.
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