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	Dormant axes	Non-dormant axes	Dormant cotyledons	Non dormant cotyledons
K'	0.02418	0.02539	0.02811	0.01309
c	0.04918	0.09483	0.03212	0.01314
k	0.95715	0.99426	0.94662	0.94457
k'	0.01256	0.00361	0.01046	0.01628
R² fit	0.9986	0.9978	0.9999	0.9984
Strong sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	8.09	8.49	9.40	4.38
Weak sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	9.09	17.52	5.94	2.43
Multimolecular sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	4.20	1.21	3.50	5.44

	Dormant axes	Non-dormant axes	Dormant cotyledons	Non dormant cotyledons
K'	0.02418	0.02539	0.02811	0.01309
c	0.04918	0.09483	0.03212	0.01314
k	0.95715	0.99426	0.94662	0.94457
k'	0.01256	0.00361	0.01046	0.01628
R² fit	0.9986	0.9978	0.9999	0.9984
Strong sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	8.09	8.49	9.40	4.38
Weak sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	9.09	17.52	5.94	2.43
Multimolecular sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	4.20	1.21	3.50	5.44

Table 3.

Specific parameters (K', c, k, k') of the simplified water sorption model and number of sorption sites, calculated from these coefficients, in axes and cotyledons of dormant and non-dormant embryos

	Dormant axes	Non-dormant axes	Dormant cotyledons	Non dormant cotyledons
K'	0.02418	0.02539	0.02811	0.01309
c	0.04918	0.09483	0.03212	0.01314
k	0.95715	0.99426	0.94662	0.94457
k'	0.01256	0.00361	0.01046	0.01628
R² fit	0.9986	0.9978	0.9999	0.9984
Strong sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	8.09	8.49	9.40	4.38
Weak sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	9.09	17.52	5.94	2.43
Multimolecular sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	4.20	1.21	3.50	5.44

	Dormant axes	Non-dormant axes	Dormant cotyledons	Non dormant cotyledons
K'	0.02418	0.02539	0.02811	0.01309
c	0.04918	0.09483	0.03212	0.01314
k	0.95715	0.99426	0.94662	0.94457
k'	0.01256	0.00361	0.01046	0.01628
R² fit	0.9986	0.9978	0.9999	0.9984
Strong sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	8.09	8.49	9.40	4.38
Weak sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	9.09	17.52	5.94	2.43
Multimolecular sorption sites ×10²⁰ g⁻¹ dw	4.20	1.21	3.50	5.44

R² values indicated in the table refer to the equations shown Fig. 8.

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