Seed priming: state of the art and new perspectives

S Paparella, SS Araújo, G Rossi, M Wijayasinghe… - Plant cell reports, 2015 - Springer
Priming applied to commercial seed lots is widely used by seed technologists to enhance
seed vigour in terms of germination potential and increased stress tolerance. Priming can be …

Different modes of hydrogen peroxide action during seed germination

Ł Wojtyla, K Lechowska, S Kubala… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Hydrogen peroxide was initially recognized as a toxic molecule that causes damage at
different levels of cell organization and thus losses in cell viability. From the 1990s, the role …

Reactive oxygen species as potential drivers of the seed aging process

K Kurek, B Plitta-Michalak, E Ratajczak - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Seeds are an important life cycle stage because they guarantee plant survival in
unfavorable environmental conditions and the transfer of genetic information from parents to …

Reduced mitochondrial and ascorbate–glutathione activity after artificial ageing in soybean seed

X Xin, Q Tian, G Yin, X Chen, J Zhang, S Ng… - Journal of Plant …, 2014 - Elsevier
The effect of artificial ageing on the relationship between mitochondrial activities and the
antioxidant system was studied in soybean seeds (Glycine max L. cv. Zhongdou No. 27) …

Mitochondria are important determinants of the aging of seeds

E Ratajczak, A Małecka, I Ciereszko… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Seeds enable plant survival in harsh environmental conditions, and via seeds, genetic
information is transferred from parents to the new generation; this stage provides an …

Regulation of wheat seed dormancy by after-ripening is mediated by specific transcriptional switches that induce changes in seed hormone metabolism and signaling

A Liu, F Gao, Y Kanno, MC Jordan, Y Kamiya, M Seo… - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Treatments that promote dormancy release are often correlated with changes in seed
hormone content and/or sensitivity. To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying …

Carbonylation of proteins—an element of plant ageing

K Ciacka, M Tymiński, A Gniazdowska, U Krasuska - Planta, 2020 - Springer
Main conclusion Carbonylation-ROS-dependent posttranslational modification of proteins-
may be regarded as one of the important events in the process of ageing or senescence in …

Towards a better monitoring of seed ageing under ex situ seed conservation

YB Fu, Z Ahmed, A Diederichsen - Conservation Physiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Long-term conservation of 7.4 million ex situ seed accessions held in agricultural
genebanks and botanic gardens worldwide is a challenging mission for human food security …

Hormonal regulation in adventitious roots and during their emergence under waterlogged conditions in wheat

TN Nguyen, PA Tuan, S Mukherjee… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
To gain insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying hormonal regulation in
adventitious roots and during their emergence under waterlogged conditions in wheat, the …

Antioxidant response and related gene expression in aged oat seed

L Kong, H Huo, P Mao - Frontiers in plant science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
To evaluate deterioration of oat seeds during storage, we analyzed oxygen radicals,
antioxidant enzyme activity, proline content, and gene transcript levels in oat seeds with …