Examples of imbibe

• The initial state of the membrane is that of a dormant, imbibed seed at low temperature (1).

• It is now common practice to imbibe dehydrated tissue slowly, to permit the re-establishment of functional membranes, prior to placing the tissue into liquid water.

• Mitochondria were isolated from fully imbibed seeds (12 h) and at the end of germination (22 h), just before radicle protrusion.

• Respiration of imbibing seeds was measured with a specially built apparatus linked to an infrared gas analyser.

• Only 4% of the control seeds imbibed, and only 3% of them germinated.

• The presence of a gut barrier in ticks indicates that there is a specific interaction between virus (imbibed in the bloodmeal) and midgut cells.

• Thus, it is essential that an appropriate battery of antioxidants be mobilized as soon as the seeds begin imbibing water.

• Non-scarified seeds did not imbibe water, whereas manually scarified seeds took up water in a few hours.