Open AccessSeed coat development in explosively dispersed seeds of Cardamine hirsuta
Author(s) -
Ulla Neumann,
Angela Hay
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcz190
Subject(s) - biology , coat , ovule , integument , botany , seed dispersal , viral tegument , arabidopsis thaliana , trichome , primordium , cell wall , pollen , biological dispersal , demography , paleontology , gene , population , sociology , biochemistry , virology , mutant
Seeds are dispersed by explosive coiling of the fruit valves in Cardamine hirsuta. This rapid coiling launches the small seeds on ballistic trajectories to spread over a 2 m radius around the parent plant. The seed surface interacts with both the coiling fruit valve during launch and subsequently with the air during flight. We aim to identify features of the seed surface that may contribute to these interactions by characterizing seed coat differentiation.
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