Temperature, light and nitrate sensing coordinate Arabidopsis seed dormancy cycling, resulting in winter and summer annual phenotypes

Plant Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1003-1015

  Footitt, Steven ^a   Huang, Ziyue ^a   Clay, Heather A ^a   Mead, Andrew ^a   Finch Savage, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; DELAY OF GERMINATION1; dormancy cycling; environmental sensing; germination; hydrothermal time; life cycle; light; nitrate; seedling emergence

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DELAY OF GERMINATION1; DORMANCY CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; GERMINATION; HYDROTHERMAL TIME; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

CULTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; LIGHT; NITRATES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DOG1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MFT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NITRATE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; LIGHT; NITRATES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DORMANCY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84878777520     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12186     Document Type: Article

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