We investigated germinable soil seed banks and the ability of seeds to germinate after different durations of submersion in water for non‐native ravennagrass (Saccharum ravennae), an emerging but poorly understood invader of riparian habitats in the American Southwest, including along the Lake ...
The Tg was determined using STARe software (Mettler Toledo) and the exact temperature was taken at the inflection point of the reversing heat flow signal. After equilibration, the exact aw of the zein was analyzed using an AquaLab water activity meter (Decagon Devices, Pullman, USA). ...
Plant hormonesare essential regulators of plant development beginning with seed germination and culminating in whole-plant senescence. Until recently it was generally believed that the five classes of compounds comprising abscisic acid, auxin, cytokinins, ethylene, and gibberellins could account for most ...
This book series is a valuable resource for advanced students, researchers, scientists, commercial producers and seed companies as well as consultants and policymakers interested in agriculture, particularly in modern breeding technologies. Similar content being viewed by others Plant Genetics and Molecular...
triglyceride-containing biomass include canola,sunflower, castor-oil plant, and other plants with seed from which oils can be obtained. Othertriglyceridesources are macro- and micro-algae. Depending on the kind of biomass, its oil can contain either small or high proportion of free fatty acids....
Limited seed supply Challengesexist inseed supplyrelated to the relatively low demand by farmers, lack of registered varieties, insufficient seed multiplication and distribution channels. These challenges are especially relevant for minor legume crops, such as lupins, chickpea and lentil and in regions ...
Happy Plant Protein, a spinout from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has raised €1.8 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Nordic Foodtech VC. The round also saw participation from Butterfly Ventures and Business Finland via a grant. The funding will be used to further develo...
A recent application of plant metabolomics that has already been implemented in biotechnology and seed companies is the assessment of metabolic diversity within their crop core population or genetic lineage. This has been done for instance by Monsanto® in soybean (Kusano et al. 2015; Harrigan et...
Using existing protocols, RNA extracted from seeds rich in starch often results in poor quality RNA, making it inappropriate for downstream applications. Though some methods are proposed for extracting RNA from plant tissue rich in starch and other polys
Identification of domestication-related loci associated with flowering time and seed size in soybean with the RAD-seq genotyping method. Sci Rep. 2015;5:9350. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Andrews KR, Good JM, Miller MR, Luikart G, Hohenlohe PA. Harnessing the power of ...