The environment during seed production has major impacts on the behaviour of progeny
seeds. It can be shown that for annual plants temperature perception over the whole life …

Maternal effects on seed traits such as germination are important components of the life
histories of plants because they represent the pathway from adult to offspring: the pathway …

The ability of a seed to germinate and establish a plant at the right time of year is of vital
importance from an ecological and economical point of view. Due to the fragility of these …

Seed dormancy is an innate seed property that defines the environmental conditions in
which the seed is able to germinate. It is determined by genetics with a substantial …

Seed maturation is an important phase of seed development during which embryo growth
ceases, storage products accumulate, the protective tegument differentiates and tolerance to …

The choice to become dormant versus continuing to grow is observed in a variety of
organisms in response to specific developmental and environmental signals. In higher …

Reproduction is a critical time in plant life history. Therefore, genes affecting seed dormancy
and germination are among those under strongest selection in natural plant populations …

Seed germination is the first adaptive decision in the development of many land plants.
Advances in genetics and molecular physiology have taught us much about the control of …

Most plant seeds are dispersed in a dry, mature state. If these seeds are non-dormant and
the environmental conditions are favourable, they will pass through the complex process of …

This paper discusses how field and laboratory experiments, using a variety of genetic
material, can be combined to investigate the genetic basis of germination under realistic …