“TESTA” in italiano

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sinonimi

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seed coat episperm

Esempi

The seeds' hard testa is an effective protective structure allowing them to survive fire, and being passed through the guts of large animals which aid dispersal.

Freshly harvested seeds of hazel exhibit primary dormancy imposed by inhibitory substances, such as abscisic acid, present in the testa and pericarp.

Most of the wheat consumed by humans is processed from white flour, which is produced by milling to remove the germ and bran (pericarp, testa , nucellar layer, and aleurone layer).

The mature achene is composed of a hard and relatively thick pericarp, a thin testa , an endosperm consisting of one cell layer, and a small embryo.

While the subaleurone cells were intensively labelled, no label was seen in the outer layers of the grain, i.e. in the testa , pericarp and husk.