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Seeking the Role of NO in Breaking Seed Dormancy

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Nitric Oxide in Plant Growth, Development and Stress Physiology

Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs ((CELLMONO,volume 5))

Abstract

In the course of evolution, higher plants developed a special reproductive organ, the seed, which ensures their spatio-temporal distribution and perpetuation of the species. The fate of the future plant is almost completely determined when the seed “decides” to germinate. A number of dormancy mechanisms serve to detect surrounding conditions and define the appropriate point in time for germination. To ensure survival of the future seedling, environmental conditions have to be detected, integrated, and translated through different signaling molecules at the seed level, even before germination starts. One of the ten smallest molecular species known, nitric oxide, is now recognized as an endogenous mediator of seed germination, external dormancy-breaking agent, and outer information carrier that provides the seeds with integral information on the factors most important for plant growth and development.

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    Zlatko Giba & Radomir Konjević

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Giba, Z., Grubišić, D., Konjević, R. (2006). Seeking the Role of NO in Breaking Seed Dormancy. In: Lamattina, L., Polacco, J.C. (eds) Nitric Oxide in Plant Growth, Development and Stress Physiology. Plant Cell Monographs, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7089_2006_086

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