1. A DOUBLE MAXIMUM IN THE RATE OF ABSORPTION OF WATER BY INDIAN LOTUS SEEDS
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Ichiro Ohga
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Animal science ,Absorption of water ,biology ,Lotus ,Genetics ,food and beverages ,Plant Science ,Water intake ,biology.organism_classification ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Initial rate - Abstract
In the course of a study of Indian lotus fruits (2), I had occasion to investigate the rate of water-absorption by the seeds. When the seeds were placed in water at various temperatures, the initial rate of water intake was rapid, this being followed by a decrease, then by an increase and a later decrease. This double maximum in the rate of water-intake appeared in the result of each of sixteen tests. The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss the experiments which led to these results.
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- 1926
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