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"many fruits and seeds contain germination inhibitors which delay germinsyion until the inhibitors have been washed away by rain or become inactived.In tomatoes, the inhibitors delay germination until the fleshy tomato fruit has rotted away releasing the seeds.

it has been suggested that in tomatoes, the inhibitor of seed germination is present in the fleshy tissue rather than in the seed coats.

paln an inviestigation to test this hypothesis.

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