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RECENT investigations1 have shown that ethylene is evolved during the germination of oat seeds and Penicillium digitatum spores. This article reports investigations conducted with a germinating fatty seed, the castor bean (Ricinus Zanzibarensis). Ethylene production and lipid levels were determined at various stages, and these values will be discussed with relation to the activity of the glyoxylate pathway enzymes2 and the changes in mitochondria3 during the germination of the seeds.
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SPENCER, M., OLSON, A. Ethylene Production and Lipid Mobilization during Germination of Castor Beans. Nature 205, 699–700 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205699a0
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