Germination and Emergence (VE)

• Radicle begins elongation

• Coleoptile with enclosed plumule (embryonic plant) elongates

• Hypogeal emergence

  • Rapid mesocotyl elongation pushes coleoptile to soil surface (VE)

• Sunlight disrupts coleoptile and mesocotyl elongation stops

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