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Physiological seed dormancy of Ruschia imbricata and Ruschia uitenhagensis (Aizoaceae) is broken by dry heat and unaffected by seasonality.
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Climate change and plant regeneration from seeds in Mediterranean regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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(Epi)genetic control of secondary seed dormancy depth and germination in Capsella bursa-pastoris.
Despite the importance of secondary dormancy for plant life cycle timing and survival, there is insufficient knowledge about the (epigenetic) regulation of this trait at the molecular level. Our aim was to determine the role of (epi)genetic processes in the regulation of secondary seed dormancy using natural genotypes of the... -
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Comparative changes in sugars and lipids show evidence of a critical node for regeneration in safflower seeds during aging.
During seed aging, there is a critical node (CN) where the population viability drops sharply. Exploring the specific locations of the CN in different species of plants is crucial for understanding the biological storage properties of seeds and refining seed life span management. Safflower, a bulk oil crop that relies...Zhou, Lanyu ; Lu, Lijie ; Chen, Chao ; Zhou, Tao ; Wu, Qinghua …
Critical node, Safflower seeds, Carthamus tinctorius, Controlled deterioration treatment (CDT), Sugar, Regeneration, and Lipid
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Mechanistic insights derived from re-establishment of desiccation tolerance in germinating xerophytic seeds: Caragana korshinskii as an example.
Germplasm conservation strongly depends on the desiccation tolerance (DT) of seeds. Xerophytic seeds have strong desiccation resistance, which makes them excellent models to study DT. Although some experimental strategies have been applied previously, most methods are difficult to apply to xerophytic seeds. In this review, we attempted to synthesize current...Peng, Long ; Huang, Xu ; Qi, Manyao ; Pritchard, Hugh W. ; Xue, Hua
Xerophytic woody species, Desiccation tolerance, Caragana korshinskii, Germplasm conservation, and Seed
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Seed Longevity—The Evolution of Knowledge and a Conceptual Framework.
The lifespan or longevity of a seed is the time period over which it can remain viable. Seed longevity is a complex trait and varies greatly between species and even seed lots of the same species. Our scientific understanding of seed longevity has advanced from anecdotal ‘Thumb Rules,’ to empirically...Nadarajan, Jayanthi ; Walters, Christina ; Pritchard, Hugh W. ; Ballesteros, Daniel ; Colville, Louise
Cryopreservation, Seed longevity, Glassy state, Cryobiotechnology, and Seed ageing
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Intra-Specific Variation in Desiccation Tolerance of Citrus sinensis ‘bingtangcheng’ (L.) Seeds under Different Environmental Conditions in China.
Intra-specific variation in seed storage behaviour observed in several species has been related to different maternal environments. However, the particular environmental conditions and molecular processes involved in intra-specific variation of desiccation tolerance remain unclear. We chose Citrus sinensis ‘bingtangcheng’ for the present study due to its known variability in desiccation...