In the coming decades, maintaining a steady food supply for the increasing world population
will require high-yielding crop plants which can be productive under increasingly variable …

Abscisic acid (ABA) is a key hormone that promotes dormancy during seed development on
the mother plant and after seed dispersal participates in the control of dormancy release and …

The gymnosperm Welwitschia mirabilis belongs to the ancient, enigmatic gnetophyte
lineage. It is a unique desert plant with extreme longevity and two ever-elongating leaves …

Domesticated species often exhibit convergent phenotypic evolution, termed the
domestication syndrome, of which loss of seed dormancy is a component. To date …

Seed dormancy has played a significant role in adaptation and evolution of seed plants.
While its biological significance is clear, molecular mechanisms underlying seed dormancy …

From a biomechanical perspective, the completion of seed (and fruit) germination depends
on the balance of two opposing forces: the growth potential of the embryonic axis (radicle …

The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a crucial role not only in fruit development and
ripening, but also in adaptive responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. In these processes …

Seed germination is a critical developmental phase for seedling establishment and crop
production. Increasing salinity stress associated with climatic change can pose a challenge …

Preharvest sprouting (PHS) is an unfavorable trait in cereal crops and causes serious yield
loss. However, the molecular mechanism underlying PHS remains largely elusive. Here, we …

This study to evaluate the effects of silver nanoparticles on the salinity tolerance of (Satureja
hortensis L.). The study done based on factorial experiment using a completely randomized …