Dormancy

Expression of genes associated with the biosynthetic pathways of abscisic acid, gibberellin, and ethylene during the germination of lettuce seeds

A. C. S. Clemente, Guimarães, R. M., Martins, D. C., Gomes, L. A. A., Caixeta, F., Reis, R. G. E., and Rosa, S. D. V. F., Expression of genes associated with the biosynthetic pathways of abscisic acid, gibberellin, and ethylene during the germination of lettuce seeds, vol. 14, pp. 4703-4715, 2015.

Seed germination and dormancy are complex phenomena that are controlled by many genes and environmental factors. Such genes are indicated by phytohormones that interact with each other, and may cause dormancy or promote seed germination. The objective of this study was to investigate gene expression associated with the biosynthetic pathways of abscisic acid (ABA), gibberellic acid (GA), and ethylene (ET) in dormant and germinated lettuce seeds.

Increasing genetic variability in black oats using gamma irradiation

G. Silveira, Moliterno, E., Ribeiro, G., Costa, P. M. A., Woyann, L. G., Tessmann, E. W., Oliveira, A. C., and Cruz, C. D., Increasing genetic variability in black oats using gamma irradiation, vol. 13, pp. 10332-10340, 2014.

The black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb) is commonly used for forage, soil cover, and green manure. Despite its importance, little improvement has been made to this species, leading to high levels of genotypic disuniformity within commercial cultivars. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of different doses of gamma rays [60Co] applied to black oat seeds on the increase of genetic variability of agronomic traits. We applied doses of 0, 10, 50, 100, and 200 Gy to the genotype ALPHA 94087 through exposure to [60Co].

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