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Current Advances in Seed Biology
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Current Advances in Seed Biology

A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2021) | Viewed by 6983

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Hayat El-Maarouf-Bouteau

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Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement, F-75005 Paris, France
Interests: seed physiology; anhydrobiosis; dormancy and ageing; molecular network using omics analyses; ROS and hormone cross-talk

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The seed is an intriguing organ due to its ability to maintain life in latent form in a dry state and to resume its metabolism at the appropriate time according to environmental conditions. It is a complex system that involves very elaborate chemical and metabolic processes. This Special Issue aims to bring deeper understanding of the regulation of these processes underlying the mechanisms of seed development, germination, and longevity. Special interest will be given to redox and protein post-translational regulations. This Issue aims also to highlight the conserved mechanisms in the response to environment, which can have significant implications in crop species in particular.

Prof. Dr. Hayat El-Maarouf-Bouteau
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • seed
  • germination
  • metabolism
  • crops
  • hormones
  • system biology
  • redox regulation
  • dormancy
  • longevity
  • environment

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16 pages, 1763 KiB  
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The Seed and the Metabolism Regulation
by Hayat El-Maarouf-Bouteau
Biology 2022, 11(2), 168; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/biology11020168 - 20 Jan 2022
Cited by 27 | Viewed by 6253
Abstract
The seed represents a critical stage in the life cycle of flowering plants. It corresponds to a dry structure carrying the plant embryo in dormant or quiescent state. Orthodox seeds possess a very low water content, preventing biochemical reactions, especially respiration. If the [...] Read more.
The seed represents a critical stage in the life cycle of flowering plants. It corresponds to a dry structure carrying the plant embryo in dormant or quiescent state. Orthodox seeds possess a very low water content, preventing biochemical reactions, especially respiration. If the desiccation of living organisms leads to a loss of homeostasis, structure, and metabolism, the seeds go through it successfully thanks to their structure, cellular organization, and growth regulation. Seeds set up a certain number of sophisticated molecules to protect valuable macromolecules or organelles from dehydration/rehydration cycles. Moreover, dormancy takes place in a coordinated process with environmental cues in order to ensure embryo development at the most appropriate conditions for the establishment of the new plant. Moreover, repair processes are programmed to be ready to operate to maximize germination success and seed longevity. This review focuses on the physiology of the seed as related to hydration forces, respiration, and biochemical reactions in the transition from thermodynamically undefined dry state to self-sustained living system. Such processes are of importance for basic knowledge of the regulation of metabolism of living organisms, but also for the control of germination in the context of climate change due to global warming. Full article
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