The amount of water present in a dry mature seed is around

80-95%

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10-15%

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70-90%

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85-90%

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The correct option is B
10-15%

At maturity, seeds lose about 90 $%$ of their water and retain the remaining 10-15 $%$ water. This leads to enzyme inactivity in seed majorily, thus slowing down their metabolism gradually, sinking them to dormancy.

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