during cold stratification, and it continued to decrease when the
radicle emerged. Myo-inositol, glucose and mannose decreased
about 50% during cold stratification; however, they rapidly
increased three-to four-fold in radicle-emerged seeds. Raffinose
remained at the same level in fresh and cold-stratified seeds but
decreased about seven-fold as the radicle emerged. The concentration
of melibiose was 44 mg (g DW)1 in fresh seeds, and it was
significantly reduced to 23e26 mg (g DW)1 in cold-stratified and
radicle-emerged seeds. The concentration of trehalose remained at
about the same level, 44 mg (g DW)1
, in fresh, cold-stratified and
radicle-emerged seeds (Table 5).