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What is meant by cell dormancy?

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A state of reduced metabolic activity adopted by many single celled organisms or cells/ tissues of plants under the conditions of environmental stress is called cell dormancy. In case of the plants, a hormone Abscisic acid (ABA) induces dormancy.


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