hypocotyl emergence stage
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0007043
- Aspect
- plant structure development stage
- Synonyms
- related: 0.07.01 Cotyledons and hypocotyl emerge in soybean
- related: 0.07.02 Hypocotyl emerges above soil in soybean
- related: BBCH growth stage 08
- related: hypocotyl and cotyledon emergence in Arabidopsis
- related: hypocotyl emergence in Solanaceae
- Definition
- A seedling development stage (PO:0007131) during which the hypocotyl (PO:0020100) emerges from the seed coat (PO:0009088). [source: GR:Anuradha_Pujar, ISBN:0306416875, POC:curators]
- Comment
- This term is used only for seed plants. The actual point of emergence from the seed coat (PO:0009088) may not be observed if the seed (PO:0009010) is underneath a growth medium. In a fruit (PO:0009001) with a persistent pericarp (PO:0009084), emergence from the seed coat may not be observed.
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