seed maturation

id: GO:0010431
name: seed maturation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A process in seed development that occurs after embryogenesis by which a quiescent state is established in a seed. Seed maturation is characterized by storage compound accumulation, acquisition of desiccation tolerance, growth arrest and the entry into a dormancy period of variable length that is broken upon germination.

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