Antagonistic effects of selection on alleles associated with seed size and seed dormancy in wheat [PDF]
Genome BiologyBackground Seed dormancy and size are two crucial traits influencing crop yield, and they have undergone strong selection during cereal domestication and improvement.
Feilong Guo +18 more
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Molecular, genetic, and genomic basis of seed size and yield characteristics in soybean [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) is a crucial oilseed cash crop grown worldwide and consumed as oil, protein, and food by humans and feed by animals. Comparatively, soybean seed yield is lower than cereal crops, such as maize, rice, and wheat, and the ...
Rupesh Tayade +9 more
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Effect of Seed Size on Pervaporation Performances Through FAU Zeolite Membrane [PDF]
MembranesPervaporation is a compelling alternative to azeotrope-breaking and solvent dehydration due to lower energy demand and strong selectivity compared with distillation.
Alvin Rahmad Widyanto, Mikihiro Nomura
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Biggest of tinies: natural variation in seed size and mineral distribution in the ancient crop tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceTef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] is the major staple crop for millions of people in Ethiopia and Eritrea and is believed to have been domesticated several thousand years ago.
Eric D. Whisnant +7 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Seed size is a key trait for understanding and predicting ecological processes in a plant community. In a tropical forest, trees and lianas are major components driving ecosystem function and biogeochemical processes. However, seed ecological research on
Pornwiwan Pothasin +11 more
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Seed size, fecundity and postfire regeneration strategy are interdependent in Hakea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Seed size is a key functional trait that affects plant fitness at the seedling stage and may vary greatly with species fruit size, growth form and fecundity.
Sh-hoob Mohamed El-ahmir +3 more
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Teasing apart the effects of seed size and energy content on rodent scatter-hoarding behavior. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Scatter-hoarding rodents are known to play a crucial role in the seed dispersal of many plant species. Numerous studies have indicated that both seed size and the energy content of seeds can affect rodent foraging behavior.
Bo Wang, Xiaolan Yang
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Effect of Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana gams) Seeds Colour and Size on their Germination
Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2008 Four commercial seed lots from the Polish seed companies of pansy (Viola x wittrockiana Gams) with low germination capacity were sorted into 2 size fractions: small and large: below 4 mm long and above 4 mm and 3 colour fractions: yellow, brown and dark,
Rosinska AGNIESZKA, Roman HOLUBOWICZ
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Seed size is a key determinant of crop yields. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of seed size is beneficial for improving flax seed yield. In this study, the development of large flax seeds lagged behind that of small seeds, and 1,751 protein ...
Haixia Jiang +5 more
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Fine mapping of the major gene BhHLS1 controlling seed size in wax gourd (Benincasa hispida)
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Introduction/BackgroundThe seed size of wax gourds is an important agronomic trait; however, the associated genes have not yet been reported.MethodsIn this study, we used a high-density genetic map constructed based on F8 recombinant inbred line ...
Wenrui Yang +9 more
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