ReviewPlanta2015
Orthodoxy, recalcitrance and in-between: describing variation in seed storage characteristics using threshold responses to water loss.
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Proline concentrations in seedlings of woody plants change with drought stress duration and are mediated by seed characteristics: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Seed Longevity in Legumes: Deeper Insights Into Mechanisms and Molecular Perspectives.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Pooled it
- From molecular decline to regeneration failure: seed aging in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) challenges the conservation of forest reproductive material.Tree physiology · 2026Review
- Photosynthetic pigments in developing seeds of Acer platanoides and Acer pseudoplatanus.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Aging and longevity in decades-old genebanked seeds from U.S. endangered plant species: Assessments using survival and RNA integrity assays.American journal of botany · 2026Article
- Interannual Variation in Seed Traits ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exceptional desiccation resistance in recalcitrant seeds of Brosimum alicastrum may confer ecological advantage.Planta · 2026Article
- Seedling emergence ofFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Cryopreservation of Seeds and Seed Embryos in Orthodox, Intermediate, and Recalcitrant Seeded Species.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Thermal behaviour of lipids in short-lived seeds of Australian rainforest species.Annals of botany · 2025Article
- Proteomics- and metabolomics-based analysis of the regulation of germination in Norway maple and sycamore embryonic axes.Tree physiology · 2025Article
- Desiccation tolerant yet short-lived seeds: A conundrum for post-harvest handling of a high restoration value bunchgrass?PloS one · 2025Article
- Cryopreservation of two-celled pollen: a model system for studying the cellular mechanisms of cryoinjury and recovery.3 Biotech · 2024Review
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- Orchid seeds are not always short lived in a conventional seed bank!Annals of botany · 2024Article
- The association of protein-bound methionine sulfoxide with proteomic basis for aging in beech seeds.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Variation of sugar compounds in Phoebe chekiangensis seeds during natural desiccation.PloS one · 2024Article
- Shotgun proteomics profiling of chia seeds (Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Water content, transition temperature and fragility influence protection and anhydrobiotic capacity.BBA advances · 2024Article
- Seed Longevity and Ageing: A Review on Physiological and Genetic Factors with an Emphasis on Hormonal Regulation.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
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conclusionDiscrete categories of seed physiology can be explained through a unified concept of the structural and molecular mobility responses within cells to drying. Tolerance of desiccation is typically described by a threshold or low water content limit to survival. This convention provides fairly good distinction between orthodox and recalcitrant seeds, which show thresholds of less than about 0.07 and greater than about 0.2 g H2O g DW(-1), respectively. Threshold water contents, however, are not direct measures of the intensity of water stress tolerated by seeds, nor are they measures of cell response to water stress. More direct criteria, that accommodate both spatial and temporal effects of water loss, are required to explain variation of desiccation tolerance and longevity in seeds from diverse genetic backgrounds and growth conditions. This essay presents the argument that changes in cellular volume directly quantify primary responses to desiccating stress in a context that also links damage, as cellular constituents compress, and protection, as compressed molecules form stabilizing structure. During desiccation, fluid cytoplasm solidifies, and the newly formed spatial relationships among molecules determine whether and how long viability is maintained. The diversity of seed behaviors suggests complexity and opportunity to discover molecules and mechanisms that regulate survival and perception of time in cells that lack metabolic function.
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