Comments on Seed germination as a thermobiological problem

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.