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A process of breaking seed dormancy of s...

A process of breaking seed dormancy of some plants in which seeds are treated in moist medium at low temperature `(5-10^(@)C)` for period of time is known as.

A

scarification

B

stratification

C

vernalisation

D

none of these

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