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pre- +‎ germinated

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pregerminated (not comparable)

  1. 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], →DOI:
      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.

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