Chemical discovery gets reluctant seeds to sprout

https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/09/17/chemical-discovery-gets-reluctant-seeds-sprout

"Plants have the ability to perceive drought. When they do, they emit a hormone that helps them hold on to water. This same hormone, ABA, sends a message to seeds that it isn't a good time to germinate. This leads to lower crop yields and less food in places where it's hot. If you block ABA, you mess with the chemical pathway that plants use to prevent seed germination, Our new chemical, Antabactin, does exactly this. If we apply it, we have shown that dormant seeds will sprout."

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