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Effects of temperature and drying rate during dehydration of celery seeds on germination, leakage and response to gibberellin and cytokinin
Author(s) -
Biddington N. L.,
Dearman A. S.,
Thomas T. H.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1982.tb00580.x
Subject(s) - imbibition , dehydration , gibberellin , germination , endosperm , desiccation , cytokinin , dormancy , horticulture , embryo , seed dormancy , chemistry , botany , biology , auxin , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , gene
A high temperature treatment of 32°C which prevents dehydration injury in celery seeds imbibed for 3 days at 17°C and then dried at 20°C, reduced leakage during rehydration, compared with seeds not given the high temperature treatment. Treatments which would normally release celery seeds from dormancy, such as low temperature imbibition or gibberellin (GA 4/7 ) and benzyladenine (BA) applications had little effect on the germination of seeds exhibiting desiccation injury. However, GA 4/7 did induce splitting of the seed coat and swelling of the endosperm, and this effect was enhanced by BA. It is suggested that in celery seeds high temperature prevents irreversible embryo damage, including membrane damage, caused by drying.