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Old June 4, 2017   #13
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I think, the original cause of BER is physiological' But once it is initiated it is some kind of bacterial rotting. Now will that rotting affect the seeds, is beyond me. Certain rotting happens in the wild and seeds survive. You might call that fermentation. But they call it rot : Rotten apple ??
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