Homework SourseDesign and describe below any experiment you can think of th
Design and describe below any experiment you can think of that would allow you to determine if a pile of seeds from a random plant species are alive without(1) dumping water on them and waiting. (2) scoring, slicing, or cutting them open in any way. For tetrazolium staining test.
Design and describe below any experiment you can think of that would allow you to determine if a pile of seeds from a random plant species are alive without(1) dumping water on them and waiting. (2) scoring, slicing, or cutting them open in any way. For tetrazolium staining test.
Solution
Seed viability testing uses a chemical called tetrazolium and this test determines whether seed tissues are alive and have a potential to germinate under optimum conditions. This chemical is a colourless chemical that reacts with living cells and stains them red. This would be a way to test the living tissue in the dormant seed tissues can be distinguished from the dead tissue.
The pile of seeds can be soaked in a tetrazolium salt solution and seeds which are viable stains red while the seeds which are dead will remain in the same state.
