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Mechanisms of Maturation and Germination in Crop Seeds Exposed to Environmental Stresses with a Focus on Nutrients, Water Status, and Reactive Oxygen Species

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Abstract

Environmental stresses can reduce crop yield and quality considerably. Plants protect cell metabolism in response to abiotic stresses at all stages of their life cycle, including seed production. As the production of vigorous seeds is important to both yield and crop growth, we analyzed causes of yield loss and reduced grain quality in staple crops exposed to environmental stresses such as drought and temperature extremes, with a focus on the remobilization of nutrients and water status during seed filling. Because water is one of the factors that limit seed development, seeds must have mechanisms that allow them to withstand water loss during seed maturation. In addition, analysis of the effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on transcription regulation and signaling should help to elucidate the regulation of seed dormancy and germination. In this review, we focus on nutrient remobilization, water mobility, plant hormones (gibberellins, abscisic acid, and ethylene), and ROS in sink and source organs and describe how rice, wheat, barley, soybean, and cowpea plants control seed maturation and germination under environmental stresses.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

Abscisic acid

AQP:

Aquaporin

CAT:

Catalase

CmACS1 :

1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase

DAF:

Days after flowering

GAMyb:

GA Myb transcription factor

GAs:

Gibberellins

GSS:

Green stem syndrome

H2O2 :

Hydrogen peroxide

LEA:

Late embryogenesis abundant

MRI:

NMR imaging

NMR:

Nuclear magnetic resonance

PHS:

Preharvest sprouting

PIP:

Plasma membrane intrinsic protein

PK:

Protein kinase

PKABA:

ABA-responsive protein kinase

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

SUT1:

Sucrose transporter

T 1 :

NMR spin-lattice relaxation time

T 2 :

NMR spin-spin relaxation time

TIP:

Tonoplast intrinsic protein

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Ishibashi, Y., Yuasa, T., Iwaya-Inoue, M. (2018). Mechanisms of Maturation and Germination in Crop Seeds Exposed to Environmental Stresses with a Focus on Nutrients, Water Status, and Reactive Oxygen Species. In: Iwaya-Inoue, M., Sakurai, M., Uemura, M. (eds) Survival Strategies in Extreme Cold and Desiccation. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1081. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1244-1_13

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