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Seed Dormancy and Preharvest Sprouting in Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd)

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PLANTS-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants10030458

Keywords

abscisic acid; desiccation sensitivity; gibberellin; hormone signaling; precocious germination; seed morphology

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  1. Orville A. Vogel Wheat Research Fund

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Quinoa is a culturally significant staple food source with natural drought and salinity tolerance, making it suitable for growing in marginal soils and variable climates. Research focuses on improving resistance to abiotic stresses and disease, increasing yields, and enhancing nutrition. However, preharvest sprouting remains a challenge for seed end-use quality, and mechanisms regulating seed dormancy and viability are still not well understood.
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a culturally significant staple food source that has been grown for thousands of years in South America. Due to its natural drought and salinity tolerance, quinoa has emerged as an agronomically important crop for production in marginal soils, in highly variable climates, and as part of diverse crop rotations. Primary areas of quinoa research have focused on improving resistance to abiotic stresses and disease, improving yields, and increasing nutrition. However, an evolving issue impacting quinoa seed end-use quality is preharvest sprouting (PHS), which is when seeds with little to no dormancy experience a rain event prior to harvest and sprout on the panicle. Far less is understood about the mechanisms that regulate quinoa seed dormancy and seed viability. This review will cover topics including seed dormancy, orthodox and unorthodox dormancy programs, desiccation sensitivity, environmental and hormonal mechanisms that regulate seed dormancy, and breeding and non-breeding strategies for enhancing resistance to PHS in quinoa.

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