Abscisic acid (ABA) regulates many agronomically important aspects of plant development,
including the synthesis of seed storage proteins and lipids, the promotion of seed …

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is a subject of plant genomics research based on
its importance as one of the world′ s leading cereal crops, a biofuels crop of high and …

In many wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) growing areas, pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) may cause
important damage, and in particular, it has deleterious effects on bread-making quality. The …

Natural variation in seed dormancy is controlled by multiple genes mapped as quantitative
trait loci in major crop or model plants. This research aimed to clone and characterize the …

3S VA".||,,()() NTY programs consistently select for tolerance to abiotic stresses (such as
drought and low tenperaturcs) and biotic stresses (such as sorghum midge, grain nold …

A comprehensive analysis was conducted using 48 sorghum QTL studies published from
1995 to 2010 to make information from historical sorghum QTL experiments available in a …

Weedy rice has much stronger seed dormancy than cultivated rice. A wild-like weedy strain
SS18-2 was selected to investigate the genetic architecture underlying seed dormancy, a …

Higher plants have several strategies to perpetuate themselves under adequate
ecophysiological conditions. The production of heterogeneous seeds is one such strategy …

Seed dormancy in rice interrelates to the weedy characteristics shattering, awn, black hull
color, and red pericarp color. A cross between the weedy strain SS18-2 and the breeding …

Dormancy is a form of developmental arrest and is an adaptive trait that promotes the
survival of many organisms. In flowering plants, dormancy occurs in seeds and vegetative …