Seed priming

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005712",
  "term": "Seed priming",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Pretreatment of seeds by various methods in order to improve seed germination rate, percentage germination, and improve uniformity of seedling emergence by controlling the water available in the seed. The pretreatment initiates the early stages of germination, but does not permit radicle protrusion, and then the seeds are dried until needed.",
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "seed treatment",
    "osmotic treatment",
    "solid matrix priming"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "acondicionamiento de semillas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/seed-priming/"
}