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A comparison of the synthesis of DNA, RNA and proteins in the embryos of after-ripened and thermo- or FR-dormant Agrostemma githago L. seeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

U. Gerth  and
D. Bernhardt
U. Gerth
Affiliation:
Botanisches Institut der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Grimmer Strasse 88, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
D. Bernhardt*
Affiliation:
Botanisches Institut der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Grimmer Strasse 88, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
*
*Correspondence
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Abstract

Imbibed embryos of after-ripened and secondarily thermo- and FR-dormant Agrostemma githago seeds were investigated as to their ability to synthesize DNA, RNA and proteins with the aim of finding characteristic differences connected with the induction and maintenance of developmental arrest. A gradual decrease in DNA synthesis was observed during the induction of thermodormancy. However, DNA synthesis was stimulated up to that of embryos of 30–h-imbibed after-ripened seeds within 24 h approximately after transferring the thermodormant seeds into temperatures which normally allow germination. DNA synthesis of embryos of FR-dormant seeds remained constant at a relatively low level during 7 d FR and another 7 d dark incubation. RNA synthesis decreased to different extents during induction of thermo- and FR-dormancy when it was arrested at a relatively low level in seeds transferred to temperatures which normally allow germination. Processes leading to an increase in RNA synthesis such as in embryos of after-ripened seeds appeared to be quantitatively and/or qualitatively repressed. Interestingly, protein synthesis was extremely depressed during induction of thermodormancy whereas it was slightly stimulated during induction of FR-dormancy. Nevertheless two-dimensional protein PAGE revealed several polypeptides which were new, increased, decreased or not synthesized predominantly in axes of thermo- and FR-dormant seeds in comparison to germinating after-ripened seeds. It is suggested that a connection exists between these polypeptides and the repression of germination. After transferring seconarily dormant seeds to temperatures which normally allow germination, a temporary stimulation of protein synthesis could be observed in both cases.

Keywords

Agrostemma githago L.germinationprotein patternsecondary dormancy
Type
Research Papers
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Seed Science Research , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 87 - 97
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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