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| DOI: | 10.1093/aob/mcs248 |
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| Web URL(s): | https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/110/8/1641/159889/Selection-for-low-dormancy-in-annual-ryegrass
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Goggin, Danica E.;
Powles, Stephen B. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative, School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia |
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| Title: | Selection for low dormancy in annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) seeds results in high constitutive expression of a glucose-responsive α-amylase isoform |
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| Source: | Annals of Botany. Vol. 110, No. 8, December 2012, p. 1641-1650. |
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| Publishing Information: | London, England, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press |
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| # of Pages: | 10 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Abscisic acid; Cultural methods; Germination; Lolium rigidum; Seed dormancy
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Background and Aims α-Amylase in grass caryopses (seeds) is usually expressed upon commencement of germination and is rarely seen in dry, mature seeds. A heat-stable α-amylase activity was unexpectedly selected for expression in dry annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) seeds during targeted selection for low primary dormancy. The aim of this study was to characterize this constitutive activity biochemically and determine if its presence conferred insensitivity to the germination inhibitors abscisic acid and benzoxazolinone. Methods α-Amylase activity in developing, mature and germinating seeds from the selected (low-dormancy) and a field-collected (dormant) population was characterized by native activity PAGE. The response of seed germination and α-amylase activity to abscisic acid and benzoxazolinone was assessed. Using an alginate affinity matrix, α-amylase was purified from dry and germinating seeds for analysis of its enzymatic properties. Key Results The constitutive α-amylase activity appeared late during seed development and was mainly localized in the aleurone; in germinating seeds, this activity was responsive to both glucose and gibberellin. It migrated differently on native PAGE compared with the major activities in germinating seeds of the dormant population, but the enzymatic properties of α-amylase purified from the low-dormancy and dormant seeds were largely indistinguishable. Seed imbibition on benzoxazolinone had little effect on the low-dormancy seeds but greatly inhibited germination and α-amylase activity in the dormant population. Conclusions The constitutive α-amylase activity in annual ryegrass seeds selected for low dormancy is electrophoretically different from that in germinating seeds and its presence confers insensitivity to benzoxazolinone. The concurrent selection of low dormancy and constitutive α-amylase activity may help to enhance seedling establishment under competitive conditions." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 35 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Goggin, D. E., and S. B. Powles. 2012. Selection for low dormancy in annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) seeds results in high constitutive expression of a glucose-responsive α-amylase isoform. Ann. Bot. 110(8):p. 1641-1650. |
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| DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs248 |
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