title: Comments on "Seed germination as a thermobiological problem".
abstract: In the above mentioned article [1] the notion of a time-dependent Gibbs free energy has been introduced to explain the observed time-pattern of embryo growth in seeds. Furthermore, the notion of a 'non-random thermal communication' has been inferred from an inspection of the shapes of germination time distributions. It can be shown, however, that the reasoning leading to the time-dependent thermodynamic potential is based on inappropriate interpretation of kinetic equations, and that the shape of the distributions of germination time might be a natural consequence of the initial distribution of embryo size in the seeds.
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D007700:Kinetics; D012639:Seeds / Q000254:growth & development*; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics; D013997:Time Factors