ReviewFrontiers in plant science2021
Seed Shattering: A Trait of Evolutionary Importance in Plants.
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- Seed shattering habit in millets and the secrets of the abscission layer - a comprehensive review.Protoplasma · 2026Review
- Genetic Advances inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Seed shattering in a North American Oryzeae grain: Developmental and genomic signatures of early domestication.The plant genome · 2026Article
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- Pod Dehiscence in Soybean: Genome Wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Establishment and phenotypic characterization of genetically diverse core collections of Lupinus albus.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Beautiful and delicious mutants: The origins, fates, and benefits of molecular sequence variation in plant evolution and breeding.Plant physiology · 2025Review
- The Shock of Shatter: Understanding Silique and Silicle Dehiscence for Improving Oilseed Crops in Brassicaceae.Plant direct · 2025Review
- Phenotypic and genetic characterization of sixteen grain and dual-type industrial hemp varieties (Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Identification of genetic loci for seed shattering in Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.).TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2024Article
- Paralogous Gene Recruitment in Multiple Families Constitutes Genetic Architecture and Robustness of Pod Dehiscence in Legumes.Genome biology and evolution · 2024Article
- GGE biplot analysis for genotype × environment interactions affecting the seed shattering ofHeliyon · 2024Article
- Phenotypic screening of seed retention and histological analysis of the abscission zone in Festuca pratensis and Lolium perenne.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
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- Integrating QTL mapping and transcriptome analysis to provide molecular insights into gynophore-pod strength in cultivated peanut (Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Volunteer Plants' Occurrence and the Environmental Adaptability of Genetically Modified Fodder Corn upon Unintentional Release into the Environment.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Advances in Rice Seed Shattering.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Can the Wild Perennial, Rhizomatous Rice Species Oryza longistaminata be a Candidate for De Novo Domestication?Rice (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Review
- Shattering and yield expression of sesame (Sesamum indicum L) genotypes influenced by paclobutrazol concentration under rainfed conditions of Pothwar.BMC plant biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Seed shattering refers to the natural shedding of seeds when they ripe, a phenomenon typically observed in wild and weedy plant species. The timing and extent of this phenomenon varies considerably among plant species. Seed shattering is primarily a genetically controlled trait; however, it is significantly influenced by environmental conditions, management practices and their interactions, especially in agro-ecosystems. This trait is undesirable in domesticated crops where consistent efforts have been made to minimize it through conventional and molecular breeding approaches. However, this evolutionary trait serves as an important fitness and survival mechanism for most weeds that utilize it to ensure efficient dispersal of their seeds, paving the way for persistent soil seedbank development and sustained future populations. Weeds have continuously evolved variations in seed shattering as an adaptation under changing management regimes. High seed retention is common in many cropping weeds where weed maturity coincides with crop harvest, facilitating seed dispersal through harvesting operations, though some weeds have notoriously high seed shattering before crop harvest. However, high seed retention in some of the most problematic agricultural weed species such as annual ryegrass (
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