Department of Life Sciences, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan.
Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan.
Methods Mol Biol. 2024;2830:3-12. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3965-8_1.
Seed germination is controlled by a combination of the seed dormancy level and environmental conditions such as light, temperature, moisture, and nitrate levels. Seed dormancy is programed genetically, but it is also sensitive to maternal environmental conditions before and after anthesis. Recent developments in molecular genetics and bioinformatics have greatly enhanced our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of seed dormancy and germination in model plants and economically important crop species. This chapter focuses on temperature as an environmental factor and discusses the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of dormancy and germination.
种子萌发受种子休眠水平和环境条件（如光照、温度、水分和硝酸盐水平）的共同控制。种子休眠是由遗传程序控制的，但它也对开花前后的母体环境条件敏感。分子遗传学和生物信息学的最新发展极大地提高了我们对模式植物和经济重要作物种子休眠和萌发的分子机制的理解。本章重点讨论温度作为环境因素，并讨论休眠和萌发的遗传和表观遗传机制。
