Seed Biology : Advances and Applications

499 Pages·2000·10.742 MB·English

by  M J Black, K J Bradford, J Vazquez-Ramos

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SEED BIOLOGY
Advances and Applications
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EED IOLOGY
Advances and Applications
Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on
Seeds, Mérida, México, 1999
Edited by
Michael Black
Division of Life Sciences
King’s College, London, UK
Kent J. Bradford
Department of Vegetable Crops
University of California
Davis, USA
and
Jorge Vázquez-Ramos
Departamento de Bioquímica
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
México DF
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International Workshop on Seeds (6th : 1999 : Merida, Mexico)
Seed biology : advances and applications : proceedings of the
sixth International Workshop on Seeds, Merida, Mexico, 1999
/editors Michael Black, Kent J. Bradford, Jorge Vazquez-Ramos.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-85199-404-0 (alk. paper)
1. Seeds Congresses. I. Black, Michael. II. Bradford, K.J.
(Kent J.). III. Vazquez-Ramos, Jorge. IV. Title.
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Contents
Contents
Contributors xi
Preface xix
I Opening Presentations 1
1 Travels with Seeds: a Cartography of Seed Science 3
M. Black
2 Protein Synthesis in Seed Germination: Connecting External Cell
Signals with the Ribosome 11
E. Sánchez de Jiménez
II Development and Quality 25
3 bZIP and DOF Transcription Factors in the Regulation of Gene
Expression in Barley Endosperm 27
P. Carbonero, J. Vicente-Carbajosa, M. Mena, L. Oñate, P. Lara
and I. Diaz
4 Impact of Amphiphile Partitioning on Desiccation Tolerance 43
F.A. Hoekstra and E.A. Golovina
5 Unravelling the Responses of Metabolism to Dehydration Points to
a Role for Cytoplasmic Viscosity in Desiccation Tolerance 57
O. Leprince, F.A. Hoekstra and F.J.M. Harren
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6 Soluble Sugars in Maturing Pea Seeds of Different Lines in Relation
to Desiccation Tolerance 67
R.J. Górecki, L.B. Lahuta, A.D. Jones and C.L. Hedley
7 The Role of Stachyose Synthase in the Oligosaccharide Metabolism
of Legume Seeds 75
A. Richter, G. Hoch, M. Puschenreiter, U. Mayer and T. Peterbauer
8 Compartmentation of Abscisic Acid in Developing Muskmelon
(Cucumis melo L.) Seeds 85
G.E. Welbaum, E.W. Pavel, D.R. Hill, M.K. Gunatilaka and
R.L. Grayson
9 Involvement of ABA and GAs in the Regulation of Dormancy in
Developing Sorghum Seeds 101
R.L. Benech-Arnold, S. Enciso, R.A. Sánchez, F. Carrari,
L. Perez-Flores, N. Iusem, H. Steinbach, D. Lijavetzky and R. Bottini
10 Irrigation and Seed Quality Development in Rapid-cycling Brassica 113
R.H. Ellis, U.R. Sinniah and P. John
11 Molecular Genetic Analysis of Arabidopsis Seed Quality 123
S.P.C. Groot, A.H.M. van der Geest, K. Tesnier,
C. Alonso-Blanco, L. Bentsink, H. Donkers, M. Koornneef,
D. Vreugdenhil and R.J. Bino
12 Analysis of the Cell Cycle in Sugarbeet Seed during Development,
Maturation and Germination 133
E.(cid:85)liwi(cid:80)ska
13 Possible Roles of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase and Pyruvate
Kinase in Assimilate Partitioning in Developing Maize Embryos 141
R. Rodríguez-Sotres, A. Lara-Nuñez and M. Rodríguez-Penagos
III Storage and Vigour 149
14 Effects of Seed Ageing on the Enzymic Antioxidant System of
Maize Cultivars 151
I. Bernal-Lugo, A. Camacho and A. Carballo
15 Towards the ex situ Conservation of Aquatic Angiosperms:
a Review of Seed Storage Behaviour 161
F. Hay, R. Probert, J. Marro and M. Dawson
16 Treatment of Immature Embryos of Maize with Water Reduces
their Storability and the Desiccation Tolerance of the Scutellum 179
A. Bochicchio, B. Mariotti, P. Berjak and N.W. Pammenter
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17 Maillard Reactions Cause Browning in Bean Seed Coats during
Ageing: Inhibition by Aminoguanidine 189
A.G. Taylor, T-G. Min and D.H. Paine
18 Effects of Desiccation on the Subcellular Matrix of the Embryonic
Axes of Quercus robur 197
D.J. Mycock, P. Berjak and W.E. Finch-Savage
19 Loss of Viability in Rye Embryos at Different Levels of Hydration:
Senescence with Apoptotic Nucleosome Cleavage or Death with
Random DNA Fragmentation 205
I. Boubriak, V. Naumenko, L. Lyne and D.J. Osborne
20 The Effect of Drying Rate on Recalcitrant Seeds: ‘Lethal Water
Contents’, Causes of Damage, and Quantification of Recalcitrance 215
N.W. Pammenter, P. Berjak and C. Walters
21 Conservation of Genetic Resources Naturally Occurring as
Recalcitrant Seeds 223
P. Berjak, D.J. Mycock, M. Walker, J.I. Kioko, N.W. Pammenter
and J. Wesley-Smith
IV Germination 229
22 Gene Expression Prior to Radicle Emergence in Imbibed Tomato
Seeds 231
K.J. Bradford, F. Chen, M.B. Cooley, P. Dahal, B. Downie,
K.K. Fukunaga, O.H. Gee, S. Gurusinghe, R.A. Mella, H. Nonogaki,
C-T. Wu, H. Yang and K-O. Yim
23 Characterization of Germination-related Genes in Avena fatua
seeds 253
R. Johnson
24 Cell Cycle Control during Maize Germination 261
J.M. Vázquez-Ramos
25 Recent Advances in ABA-regulated Gene Expression in Cereal
Seeds: Evidence for Regulation by PKABA1 Protein Kinase 271
M.K. Walker-Simmons
26 Lettuce Endosperm Weakening: a Role for Endo-b -mannanase in
Seed Germination at High Temperature 277
D.J. Cantliffe, W.M. Nascimento, Y. Sung and D.J. Huber
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27 Effect of Free Mg2+ on the Kinetics of the Plasma Membrane
H+-ATPase from Dry and Hydrated Maize Embryos 287
S. Sánchez-Nieto, R. Rodríguez-Sotres, M. Tuena de Gómez-Puyou,
A. Carballo and M. Gavilanes-Ruíz
28 The Barley Scutellar Peptide Transporter: Relationship to
Germination and Loss of Seed Viability 297
W.M. Waterworth, C.E. West, M.I. Daws and C.M. Bray
29 Molecular Cloning and Possible Role of an Asparaginyl
Endopeptidase (REP-2) from Germinated Rice Seeds 309
H. Kato and T. Minamikawa
30 Metabolism of Essential Oils during Inhibition of Wheat Seed
Germination 315
N. Dudai, O. Larkov, A.M. Mayer, A. Poljakoff-Mayber, E. Putievsky
and H.R. Lerner
V Dormancy 321
31 Genetic Model for Dormancy in Wild Oat 323
M.E. Foley
32 Characterization and Expression of Two Protein Kinase Genes
and an EIN3-like Gene, which are Regulated by ABA and GA
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in Dormant Fagus sylvatica Seeds 329
O. Lorenzo, D. Rodríguez, C. Nicolás and G. Nicolás
33 Effects of Fusicoccin and Gibberellic Acid on Germination and
a -Amylase Expression in Barley Grains 341
R.M. van der Meulen, J. Vredenbregt-Heistek, M.P.M. Caspers and
M. Wang
34 Smoke and Germination of Arable and Rangeland Weeds 347
S.W. Adkins, P.J. Davidson, L. Matthew, S.C. Navie, D.A. Wills,
I.N. Taylor and S.M. Bellairs
VI Ecology 361
35 Intermittent Germination: Causes and Ecological Implications 363
P.B. Cavers, M.M. Qaderi, R. Manku and M.P. Downs
36 Seed Ecology at the Northern Limit of the Tropical Rain Forest in
America 375
C. Vázquez-Yanes, A. Orozco-Segovia, M.E. Sánchez-Coronado,
M. Rojas-Aréchiga and A.I. Batis
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Contents ix
37 Genotypic and Phenotypic Germination Survival Strategies of
Ecotypes and Annual Plant Species in the Negev Desert of Israel 389
Y. Gutterman
38 Hydrothermal Time as a Tool in Comparative Germination Studies 401
P.S. Allen, S.E. Meyer and M.A. Khan
39 Emergent Weedy Foxtail (Setaria spp.) Seed Germinability
Behaviour 411
J. Dekker
VII Applications of Seed Biology 425
40 Biotechnological Applications of Seed Biology 427
D.J. Murphy
41 Manipulating Starch Quality in Seeds: a Genetic Approach 439
T.L. Wang, T.Y. Bogracheva and C.L. Hedley
42 Identification of Germination-specific Protein Markers and their
Use in Seed Priming Technology 449
D. Job, I. Capron, C. Job, F. Dacher, F. Corbineau and D. Côme
43 A Critical Assessment of the Role of Oligosaccharides in Intracellular
Glass Stability 461
J. Buitink, F.A. Hoekstra and M.A. Hemminga
44 Improvement of Tomato Seed Germination by Osmopriming as
Related to Energy Metabolism 467
F. Corbineau, N. Özbingöl, D. Vinel and D. Côme
45 Bio-osmopriming Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Seeds
for Improved Seedling Establishment 477
J.E. Warren and M.A. Bennett
46 Use of Threshold Germination Models under Variable Field
Conditions 489
W.E. Finch-Savage, K. Phelps, L. Peach and J.R.A. Steckel
Index 499
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Contributors
Contributors
S.W. Adkins,School of Land and Food, The University of Queensland,
St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
P.S. Allen,Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Brigham Young
University, 275 Widstoe Building, Provo, UT 84602, USA
C. Alonso-Blanco, Department of Genetics, Wageningen University,
Dreijenlaan 2, NL-6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
A.I. Batis, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Apartado Postal 70-275, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México D.F.,
México
S.M. Bellairs, School of Land and Food, The University of Queensland,
St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
R.L. Benech-Arnold, IFEVA, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos
Aires, Av. San Martín 4453, (1417) Buenos Aires, Argentina
M.A. Bennett, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
L. Bentsink, Department of Genetics, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 2,
NL-6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
P. Berjak, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Natal,
Durban 4041, South Africa
I. Bernal-Lugo, Departmento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México D.F., México
R.J. Bino,Plant Research International, PO Box 16, NL-6703, Wageningen,
The Netherlands
M. Black, Division of Life Sciences, King’s College London, 150 Stamford
Street, London SE1 8WA, UK
A. Bochicchio, Department of Agronomy and Land Management, University
of Florence, Italy
T.Y. Bogracheva, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney,
Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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