Seed dormancy is an adaptive trait in plants. Breaking seed dormancy determines the timing of ger-mination and is, thereby essential for ensuring plant sur-vival and agricultural production. Seed dormancy and the subs...Seed dormancy is an adaptive trait in plants. Breaking seed dormancy determines the timing of ger-mination and is, thereby essential for ensuring plant sur-vival and agricultural production. Seed dormancy and the subsequent germination are controlled by both internal cues (mainly hormones) and environmental signals. In the past few years, the roles of plant hormones in regulating seed dormancy and germination have been uncovered. However, we are only beginning to understand how light signaling pathways modulate seed dormancy and inter-action with endogenous hormones. In this review, we summarize current views of the molecular mechanisms by which light controls the induction, maintenance and re-lease of seed dormancy, as well as seed germination, by regulating hormone metabolism and signaling pathways.展开更多
基金grants from the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB27030205)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(2018M641520).
文摘Seed dormancy is an adaptive trait in plants. Breaking seed dormancy determines the timing of ger-mination and is, thereby essential for ensuring plant sur-vival and agricultural production. Seed dormancy and the subsequent germination are controlled by both internal cues (mainly hormones) and environmental signals. In the past few years, the roles of plant hormones in regulating seed dormancy and germination have been uncovered. However, we are only beginning to understand how light signaling pathways modulate seed dormancy and inter-action with endogenous hormones. In this review, we summarize current views of the molecular mechanisms by which light controls the induction, maintenance and re-lease of seed dormancy, as well as seed germination, by regulating hormone metabolism and signaling pathways.
