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SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 22, Issue -, Pages S23-S29Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258511000390
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alternating temperatures; chilling; maternal effects; temperature; thermoinhibition
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- BBSRC [BB/J000949/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/J000949/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Temperature has a key influence over seed dormancy and germination, allowing wild plants to synchronize their life history with the seasons. In this review we discuss the signalling pathways through which temperature is integrated into seed physiology and the control of primary and secondary dormancy, with an emphasis on understanding maternal effects and responses dictated by the zygotic tissues. A key emerging paradigm is that temperature signalling in seeds must be understood in relation to whole plant genetics and physiology, as overlapping pleiotropic roles for temperature sensing and hormone signalling pathways are commonplace.
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