seed germination stage 0 Germination in soybean (related) 0 germination in Solanaceae (related) 0 germination in maize (related) 00-germination in maize (related) 01-germination in Triticeae (related) 01-germination in barley (related) 01-germination in oat (related) 01-germination in rice (related) 01-germination in wheat (related) A sporophyte vegetative stage (PO:0007134) which begins with the onset of a seed imbibition stage (PO:0007022) and ends with a radicle emergence stage (PO: 0007015), or a coleorhiza emergence stage (PO:0025475), as a result of the growth by the plant embryo (PO:0004537) in a seed (PO:0009010). BBCH principal growth stage 0 (related) GO:0009845 PO:0007057 PO_GIT:595 germination in Arabidopsis (related) maize growth stage-0 (related) plant_structure_development_stage rice growth stage-1 (related) sporophyte vegetative stage