(a) How does a farmer use the dormancy of seeds to his advantage?
(b) What advantage a seed provides to a plant?
(a) For storage (dehydration) of seeds to be used as food, to raise the crop in the next season.
(b) Seed formation is more dependable, better adaptive strategy. For dispersal to new habitat, hard seeds provide protection to the young embryo, being a product of sexual reproduction they generate new genetic combination genetic variations/ sufficient food reserve. For the young seedling to be nourished.