Seed Dormancy

Genetic, epigenetic and environmental control of seed dormancy and germination.- Regulation of seed dormancy genes in Triticeae species.- Assessment of dormancy level and germination ability of seeds with physiological dormancy.- Germination assays for comparable seed dormancy depth and distinction of seed color by multiplex PCR in wheat.- Assessing seed germination response of parasitic plant Striga hermonthica with small-molecule probes.- A seed storage protocol to determine longevity.- Analysis of raffinose metabolism related sugar components in seeds.- Chromatin immunoprecipitation using imbibed seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana.- Confocal imaging of seeds.- Map-based cloning of the causal gene for a seed dormancy quantitative trait locus in barley.- Genome-wide association study of pre-harvest sprouting in wheat.- Functional analysis of seed dormancy genes by biolistic transient gene expression in immature embryos of wheat.- Genome editing to produce knockout mutations of seed dormancy genes in wheat.- Targeted modification of grain dormancy genes in barley.- In planta genome editing in commercial wheat varieties: Use of TaQsd1 to lengthen seed dormancy.- Evaluation methods for preharvest sprouting resistance in Japanese wheat breeding programs.