Each step of the seed-to-seed cycle of plant development including seed germination is
characterized by a specific set of proteins. The continual renewal and/or replacement of …

Temperature is an important environmental factor affecting seed dormancy and germination.
The mechanism by which temperature induces germination in dormant seeds is however …

The regeneration of the mother plant through germinative process is the main reason that
evolutionarily justifies the existence of a viable seed. Current knowledge indicates that the …

Once liberated in their environment, orthodox seeds live in a quiescent dehydrated state not
totally exempt of essential molecular events as, for example, the capacity of breaking …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are key players in the regulation of seed germination and
dormancy. Although their regulated accumulation is a prerequisite for germination, the …

The seed is the dispersal unit of plants and must survive the vagaries of the environment. It
is the object of intense genetic and genomic studies because processes related to seed …

The proteins produced just prior to maturation desiccation in the developing, orthodox seed,
are stored in the desiccated state and recruited as the functional proteome upon imbibition …

Despite having very similar initial pools of stored mRNAs and proteins in the dry state,
mature Arabidopsis seeds can either proceed toward radicle protrusion or stay in a dormant …

Background Seed dormancy is controlled by the physiological or structural properties of a
seed and the external conditions. It is induced as part of the genetic program of seed …

During germination, endogenous and environmental factors trigger changes in the
transcriptome, translatome and proteome to break dormancy. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the …