Environment sensing in spring-dispersed seeds of a winter annual Arabidopsis influences the regulation of dormancy to align germination potential with seasonal changes

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 929-939

  Footitt, Steven ^a   Clay, Heather A ^a   Dent, Katherine ^a   Finch Savage, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DOG1; Dormancy cycling; Hormone signalling; Mother of flowering time; Nitrate; Soil seed bank; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLOWERING; HERB; HORMONE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GIBBERELLIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; SOIL;

ARABIDOPSIS; DORMANCY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SEED DISPERSAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; NITRATES; PLANT DORMANCY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SEASONS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL;

EID: 84898041404     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12694     Document Type: Article

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