NEET 2006 Biology question

Treatment of seed at low temperature under moist conditions to break its dormancy is called -

(1)Sclarification
(2)Vernalization
(3)Chelation
(4)StratificationCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

Stratification is the exposure of moist, imbibed seeds to low temperature (about 0 to 10 degrees C) for some time to break seed dormancy (as in apple, peach). So option (4) is correct. Scarification (the option printed as

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