Abscisic acid and osmotic stress or slow drying independently induce desiccation tolerance in mutant seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana |
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Authors: | Jaap JJ Ooms Renske van der Veen Cees M Karssen |
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Institution: | J.J.J. Ooms (corresponding author) et al. Dept of Physiology Wageningen Agricultural Unib., Arboretumlaan 4 6703 BD Wageningen The Netherlands;. |
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Abstract: | Action of endogenous abscisic acid (ABA) is absent in the ABA-deficient and -insensitive double mutant ( aba-1abi3–1 ) seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana . Thus, responses to osmotic stress and dehydration can be studied without interference of endogenous ABA. Seeds of this double mutunt are viable hut desiceation-intolerant. However, desiccation tolerance can he induced by either (1) slow dehydration of immature seeds; (2) treatment of immature seeds with osmotica or; (31 due to the leakiness of the ABA-insensitivty mutation, by application of exogenous ABA. Consequently it is concluded that either ABA or osmotic- or dehydration-stress and related gene expression meets the minimal requirements for acquisition of desiccation tolerance in seeds of Arabidopsis thalianna . |
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Keywords: | ABA Arabidopsis thalianna desiccation tolerance mutants osmotic stress seeds slow drying |
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