pregerminated
English edit
Etymology edit
pre- + germinated
Adjective edit
pregerminated (not comparable)
- germinated in advance of another procedure
- 2015 August 1, “Analysis of Stress-Responsive Gene Expression in Cultivated and Weedy Rice Differing in Cold Stress Tolerance”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The same procedure was followed for the cold + seeding-depth stress experiment, except that the pregerminated seeds were planted at a depth of 10cm, grown at 25°C for 10d, then incubated at 10°C for 6, 24, and 96hr before harvesting leaf tissues.