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While seed priming (hydration in water or osmotic solutions followed by drying) enhances seed germination performance, the longevity of primed seeds in storage often is reduced. Postpriming treatments including a reduction in seed water content followed by incubation at 37 or 40 °C for 2 to 4 h can substantially restore potential longevity in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seeds. These conditions might induce heat-shock proteins (hsp) that could be involved in the extension of seed longevity. The abundance of BiP (78 kD Binding Protein), hsp70 and class I small hsp in primed seeds subjected to postpriming treatments was examined to assess this possibility. BiP mRNA and protein amounts increased during postpriming heat treatments that extended longevity of tomato seeds. Treatment of primed seeds with the calcium ionophore calcimycin (A21387) enhanced BiP protein accumulation in the absence of heat treatment and also extended potential seed longevity. Changes in the abundance of hsp70 and class I small hsps were not consistently associated with potential seed longevity. Thus, enhanced BiP expression may contribute to the improved longevity of primed seeds following postpriming treatments. small heat-shock proteins (shsps) cooperate with the large heat- shock proteins such as hsp70 to reactivate heat-denatured pro- teins (Forreiter and Nover, 1998; Lee and Vierling, 2000). Plant hsps are expressed not only in response to heat stress, but also developmentally during embryogenesis and other stages of the life cycle (Schoffl et al., 1998). For example, several hsps accumulate to high amounts during seed development and have been implicated in the acquisition of desiccation tolerance during seed maturation (Helm and Abernethy, 1990; Reddy et al., 1998;

Enhanced Expression of BiP Is Associated with Treatments that Extend Storage Longevity of Primed Tomato Seeds