Furthermore, a notable trend associated with seed ageing was the overall deterioration in the performance of all evaluated seedling growth parameters.
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Natural Ageing-Related Alterations of Biological Markers in Maize Seeds Under Ex-Situ Conservation.
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Initially, this protein degradation leads to a decrease in seed dry weight, which is supported by highly significant negative correlations between total protein, i.e., the glutelins fraction content, and the seedling vigour index that incorporates total seedling dry weight (SVI-II).