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Seed Structure

Bewley, J. D., Bradford, K. J., Hilhorst, H. W. M., and Nonogaki, H. (2013) Seeds: Physiology of Development, Germination and Dormancy, 3rd edition. Springer, New York.

Linkies, A., Graeber, K., Knight, C., and Leubner-Metzger, G. (2010) The evolution of seeds. New Phytol. 186: 817–831.

Nambara, E., and Nonogaki, H. (2012) Seed biology in the 21st century: Perspectives and new directions. Plant Cell Physiol. 53: 1–4

Seed Dormancy

Buitink, J., and Leprince, O. (2008) Intracellular glasses and seed survival in the dry state. C. R. Biol. 331: 788–795.

Finch-Savage, W. E., and Leubner-Metzger, G. (2006) Seed dormancy and the control of germination. New Phytol. 171: 501–523.

Graeber, K., Nakabayashi, K., Miatton, E., Leubner-Metzger, G., & Soppe, W. J. J. (2012) Molecular mechanisms of seed dormancy. Plant Cell Environ. 35: 1769–1786.

Homrichhausen, T. M., Hewitt, J. R., and Nonogaki, H. (2003) Endo-b-mannanase activity is associated with the completion of embryogenesis in imbibed carrot (Daucus carota L.) seeds. Seed Sci. Res. 13: 219–227.

Li, Y.-C., Rena, J.-P., Cho, M.-J., Zhou, S.-M., Kim, Y.-B., Guo, H.-X., Wong, J.-H., Niu, H.-B., Kim, H.-K., Morigasaki, S., et al. (2009) The level of expression of thioredoxin is linked to fundamental properties and applications of wheat seeds. Mol. Plant 2: 430–441.

Long, R. L., Goreckil, M. J., Renton, M., Scott, J. K., Colville, L., Goggin, D. E., Commander, L. E., Westcott, D. A., Cherry, H., and Finch-Savage, W. E. (2014) The ecophysiology of seed persistence: A mechanistic view of the journey to germination or demise. Biol. Rev. DOI:10.1111/brv.12095

Release from Dormancy

Grappin, P., Bouinot, D., Sotta, B., Migniac, E., and Julien, M. (2000) After-ripening of tobacco seeds. Planta 210: 279–285.

Linkies, A., and Leubner-Metzger, G. (2012) Beyond gibberellins and abscisic acid: How ethylene and jasmonates control seed germination. Plant Cell Rep. 31: 253–270.

Visser, T. (1956) Chilling and apple seed dormancy. Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet., Ser. C: Biol. Med. Sci. 59: 314–324.

Seed Germination

Liptay, A., and Schopfer, P. (1983) Effect of water stress, seed coat restraint, and abscisic acid upon different germination capabilities of two tomato lines at low temperature. Plant Physiol. 73: 935–938.

Nonogaki, H., Bassel, G. W., and Bewley, J. D. (2010) Germination—Still a mystery. Plant Sci. 179: 574–581.

Mobilization of Stored Reserves

Bethke, P. C., Schuurink, R., and Jones, R. L. (1997) Hormonal signalling in cereal aleurone. J. Exp. Bot. 48: 1337–1356.

Gubler, F., Kalla, R., Roberts, J. K., and Jacobsen, J. V. (1995) Gibberellin-regulated expression of a myb gene in barley aleurone cells: Evidence of myb transactivation of a high-pI alpha-amylase gene promoter. Plant Cell 7: 1879–1891.

Lia, Y.-C., Rena, J.-P., Cho, M.-J., Zhou, S.-M., Kim, Y.-B., Guo, H.-X., Wong, J.-H., Niu, H.-B., Kim, H.-K., Morigasaki, S., et al. (2009) The level of expression of thioredoxin is linked to fundamental properties and applications of wheat seeds. Mol. Plant 2: 430–441.

Seedling Growth and Establishment

Cleland, R. E. (1995) Auxin and cell elongation. In Plant Hormones and Their Role in Plant Growth and Development, 2nd ed., P. J. Davies, ed., Kluwer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 214–227.

Jacobs, M., and Ray, P. M. (1976) Rapid auxin-induced decrease in free space pH and its relationship to auxin-induced growth in maize and pea. Plant Physiol. 58: 203–209.

Tropisms: Growth in Response to Directional Stimuli

Baldwin, K. L., Strohm, A. K., and Masson, P. H. (2013) Gravity sensing and signal transduction in vascular plant primary roots. Am. J. Bot. 100: 126–142.

Blilou, I., Xu, J., Wildwater, M., Willemsen, V., Paponov, I., Friml, J., Heidstra, R., Aida, M., Palme, K., and Scheres, B. (2005) The PIN auxin efflux facilitator network controls growth and patterning in Arabidopsis roots. Nature 433: 39–44.

Fasano, J. M., Swanson, S. J., Blancaflor, E. B., Dowd, P. E., Kao, T. H., and Gilroy, S. (2001) Changes in root cap pH are required for the gravity response of the Arabidopsis root. Plant Cell 13: 907–921.

Hartmann, H. T., and Kester, D. E. (1983) Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices, 4th ed. Prentice-Hall, Inc., NJ.

Palmieri, M., and Kiss, J. Z. (2007) The role of plastids in gravitropism. In: The Structure and Function of Plastids, R. R. Wise and J. K. Hoober, eds., Springer, NY, pp. 507–525.

Shaw, S., and Wilkins, M. B. (1973) The source and lateral transport of growth inhibitors in geotropically stimulated roots of Zea mays and Pisum sativum. Planta 109: 11–26.

Simmons, C., Soil, D., and Migliaccio, F. (1995) Circumnutation and gravitropism cause root waving in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Exp. Bot. 46: 143–150.

Volkmann, D., and Sievers, A. (1979) Graviperception in multicellular organs. In Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, New Series, Vol. 7: Physiology of Movements, W. Haupt and M. E. Feinleib, eds., Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 573–600.

Phototropism

Briggs, W. R. (2014) Phototropism: Some history, some puzzles, and a look ahead. Plant Physiol. 164: 13–23.

Christie, J. M., Yang, H., Richter, G. L., Sullivan, S., Thomson, C. E., Lin, J., Titapiwatanakun, B., Ennis, M., Kaiserli, E., Lee, O. R., et al. (2011) phot1 inhibition of ABCB19 primes lateral auxin fluxes in the shoot apex required for phototropism. PLoS Biol. 9: e1001076. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001076.

Hohm, T., Preuten, T., and Fankhauser, C. (2013) Phototropism: Translating light into directional growth. Am. J. Bot. 100: 47–59.

Iino, M., and Briggs, W. R. (1984) Growth distribution during first positive phototropic curvature of maize coleoptiles. Plant Cell Environ. 7: 97–104.

Liscum, E., Askinosie, S. K., Leuchtman, D. L., Morrow, J., Willenburg, K. T., and Coats, D. R. (2014) Phototropism: Growing towards an understanding of plant movement. Plant Cell 26: 38–55.

Photomorphogenesis

Binder, B. M., Mortimore, L. A., Stepanova, A. N., Ecker, J. R., and Bleecker, A. B. (2004b) Short term growth responses to ethylene in Arabidopsis seedlings are EIN3/EIL1 independent. Plant Physiol. 136: 2921–2927.

Binder, B. M., O’Malley, R. C., Moore, J. M., Parks, B. M., Spalding, E. P., and Bleecker, A. B. (2004a) Arabidopsis seedling growth response and recovery to ethylene: A kinetic analysis. Plant Physiol. 136: 2913–2920.

Le, J., Vandenbussche, F., De Cnodder, T., Van Der Straeten, D., and Verbelen, J.-P. (2005) Cell elongation and microtubule behavior in the Arabidopsis hypocotyl: Responses to ethylene and auxin. J. Plant Growth Regul. 24: 166–178.

Nezames, C. D., and Deng, X. W. (2012) The COP9 signalosome: Its Regulation of cullin-based E3 ubiquitin ligases and role in photomorphogenesis. Plant Physiol. 160: 38–46.

Shade Avoidance

Casal, J. J. (2013) Photoreceptor signaling networks in plant responses to shade. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 64: 403–427.

Morgan, D. C., and Smith, H. (1979) A systematic relationship between phytochrome-controlled development and species habitat, for plants grown in simulated natural irradiation. Planta 145: 253–258.

Smith, H. (1982) Light quality photoperception and plant strategy. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. 33: 481–518.

Vascular Tissue Differentiation

Busse, J. S., and Evert, R. F. (1999) Vascular differentiation and transition in the seedling of Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 160: 241–251.

Lacayo, C. I., Malkin, A. J., Holman, H.-Y. N, Chen, L., Ding, S.-Y., Hwang, M. S., and Thelen, M. P. (2010) Imaging cell wall architecture in single Zinnia elegans tracheary elements. Plant Physiol. 154: 121–133.

Motose, H., Sugiyama, M., and Fukuda, H. (2004) A proteoglycan mediates inductive interaction during plant vascular development. Nature 429: 873–878.

Novo-Uzal, E., Fernández-Pérez, F., Herrero, J., Gutiérrez, J., Gómez-Ros, L. V., Bernal, M. A., Díaz, J., Cuello, J., Pomar, F., and Pedreño, M. A. (2013) From Zinnia to Arabidopsis: Approaching the involvement of peroxidases in lignification. J. Exp. Bot. 64: 3499–3518.

Root Growth and Differentiation

Abeles, F. B., Morgan, P. W., and Saltveit, M. E., Jr. (1992) Ethylene in Plant Biology, 2nd ed. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Bibikova, T., and Gilroy, S. (2003) Root hair development. J. Plant Growth Regul. 21: 383–415.

Petricka, J. J., Winter, C. M., and Benfey, P. N. (2012) Control of Arabidopsis root development. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 63: 563–590.

Van Norman, J. M., Zhang, J., Cazzonelli, C. I., Pogson, B. J., Harrison, P. J., Bugg, T. D. H., Chan, K. X., Thompson, A. J., and Benfey, P. N. (2013) To branch or not to branch: The role of pre-patterning in lateral root formation. Development 140: 4301–4310.

Web Topics

Finch-Savage, W. E. and Leubner-Metzger, G. (2006) Seed dormancy and the control of germination. New Phytologist 171:501–523.

Karssen, C.M. (1980/81) Patterns of change in dormancy during burial of seeds in soil. Israel Journal of Botany. 29 No. 1/4 pp. 65–73.

Leubner-Metzger. G. (2003) Hormonal interactions during seed dormancy release and germination. In A. Basra (Ed.), Handbook of Seed Science. The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY.

Linkies, A., Graeber, K., Knight, C., and Leubner-Metzger, G. (2010) The evolution of seeds. New Phytol. 186: 817–831.

Roberts, H. A. and Lockett, P. M. (1978) Seed dormancy and periodicity of seedling emergence in Veronica hederifolia L. Weed Research 18: 41–48.

Schopfer, P. and Plachy, C. (1984) Control of seed germination by abscisic acid. II. Effect on embryo water uptake in Brassica napus L. Plant Physiology 76:155–160.