DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Introduction. Dormancy is a widely recognized behavioral and physiological state of both animals and plants that generally involves inactivity and reduced metabolic rate (Figure 1). Torpor is a similar term to dormancy, meaning inactivity or lethargy.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is the condition of seeds which is incapable of germination due to an environmental restraint which includes, an adequate amount of moisture, oxygen, light and a suitable temperature.

Detailed explanation-3: -dormancy, state of reduced metabolic activity adopted by many organisms under conditions of environmental stress or, often, as in winter, when such stressful conditions are likely to appear.

Detailed explanation-4: -Seed dormancy has been defined as the incapacity of a viable seed to germinate under favorable conditions (Bewley, 1997; Finch-Savage and Leubner–Metzger, 2006).