Seed quality plays an important role in the agricultural and animal husbandry production,
the effective utilization of genetic resources, the conservation of biodiversity and the …

Seed ageing is a natural process that causes the decline in seed viability and vigor over
time, leading to reduced germination and seedling establishment. This phenomenon is of …

Both seed germination and early seedling establishment are important biological processes
in a plant's lifecycle. Seed longevity is a key trait in agriculture, which directly influences …

Seeds, in particular of orthodox type, represent the most important stage in plant
reproduction and play an essential role in plant spread. Seeds vary in their germination …

Seed aging is a complex biological progress from quantitative change to qualitative change.
Seed aging is closely related to the dysfunction of mitochondria. In the view of the …

Previous understanding of the mechanism of seed ageing is largely based on observations
on imbibed seeds rather than dry seeds. The present research was conducted to investigate …

Upon storage, seeds inevitably age and lose their viability over time, which determines their
longevity. Longevity correlates with successful seed germination and enhancing this trait is …

The fundamental deteriorative processes that lead to loss of seed viability contrastingly vary
between desiccation insensitive (orthodox) and desiccation sensitive seeds (recalcitrant) …

When seeds deteriorate, they lose vigour and become more sensitive to stresses upon
germination. Eventually seeds lose the ability to germinate. The factors which determine the …

A variety of mechanisms have been proposed to account for the extension of life span in
seeds (seed longevity). In this work, we used Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seeds as a …