The trade-off between breaking of dormancy of caryopses and revival ability of young seedlings of wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum)

2003 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengchun Zhang ◽  
Yitzchak Gutterman

The relationship between breaking of dormancy of wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum C. Koch) caryopses and revival ability of young seedlings from a long period of desiccation was studied using barley caryopses stored for 2 years at 5°C and freshly harvested caryopses from a semiarid population in Israel. The 2 years of storage at 5°C significantly enhanced the germination percentages, but dramatically decreased the revival ability of the young seedlings from drought stress. There was a negative correlation between the breaking of dormancy of caryopses and revival ability. There were no significant changes in the effects of storage at a high temperature for periods longer than 5 days. The earlier germination occurred, the higher the revival ability of young seedlings from drought. The results suggest that breaking of dormancy might be at the expense of lowering the subsequent revival ability of young seedlings. The general premise is that a trade-off is expected between dormancy release of caryopses and revival ability of seedlings from drought stress, and that a treatment that aims at breaking dormancy must reach some compromise that optimizes the balance between the two traits based on the specific circumstances.Key words: dormancy breaking, caryopses, revival ability, seedlings, Hordeum spontaneum, wild barley.

BMC Genomics ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Girma Bedada ◽  
Anna Westerbergh ◽  
Thomas Müller ◽  
Eyal Galkin ◽  
Eyal Bdolach ◽  
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2021 ◽  
pp. 2102128
Author(s):  
Taehun Kim ◽  
Seongkyun Kim ◽  
Eungchul Kim ◽  
Taesung Kim ◽  
Jungwan Cho ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Yujie Meng ◽  
Hejia Song ◽  
Ran Niu ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Although exposure to air pollution has been linked to many health issues, few studies have quantified the modification effect of temperature on the relationship between air pollutants and daily incidence of influenza in Ningbo, China. Methods The data of daily incidence of influenza and the relevant meteorological data and air pollution data in Ningbo from 2014 to 2017 were retrieved. Low, medium and high temperature layers were stratified by the daily mean temperature with 25th and 75th percentiles. The potential modification effect of temperature on the relationship between air pollutants and daily incidence of influenza in Ningbo was investigated through analyzing the effects of air pollutants stratified by temperature stratum using distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM). Stratified analysis by sex and age were also conducted. Results Overall, a 10 μg/m3 increment of O3, PM2.5, PM10 and NO2 could increase the incidence risk of influenza with the cumulative relative risk of 1.028 (95% CI 1.007, 1.050), 1.061 (95% CI 1.004, 1.122), 1.043 (95% CI 1.003, 1.085), and 1.118 (95% CI 1.028, 1.216), respectively. Male and aged 7–17 years were more sensitive to air pollutants. Through the temperature stratification analysis, we found that temperature could modify the impacts of air pollution on daily incidence of influenza with high temperature exacerbating the impact of air pollutants. At high temperature layer, male and the groups aged 0–6 years and 18–64 years were more sensitive to air pollution. Conclusion Temperature modified the relationship between air pollution and daily incidence of influenza and high temperature would exacerbate the effects of air pollutants in Ningbo.


Author(s):  
Tian Wu ◽  
Danyan Hu ◽  
Qingfen Wang

Abstract Background Noni (Morinda citrifolia Linn.) is a tropical tree that bears climacteric fruit. Previous observations and research have shown that the second day (2 d) after harvest is the most important demarcation point when the fruit has the same appearance as the freshly picked fruit (0 d); however, they are beginning to become water spot appearance. We performed a conjoint analysis of metabolome and transcriptome data for noni fruit of 0 d and 2 d to reveal what happened to the fruit at the molecular level. Genes and metabolites were annotated to KEGG pathways and the co-annotated KEGG pathways were used as a statistical analysis. Results We found 25 pathways that were significantly altered at both metabolic and transcriptional levels, including a total of 285 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 11 differential metabolites through an integrative analysis of transcriptomics and metabolomics. The energy metabolism and pathways originating from phenylalanine were disturbed the most. The upregulated resistance metabolites and genes implied the increase of resistance and energy consumption in the postharvest noni fruit. Most genes involved in glycolysis were downregulated, further limiting the available energy. This lack of energy led noni fruit to water spot appearance, a prelude to softening. The metabolites and genes related to the resistance and energy interacted and restricted each other to keep noni fruit seemingly hard within two days after harvest, but actually the softening was already unstoppable. Conclusions This study provides a new insight into the relationship between the metabolites and genes of noni fruit, as well as a foundation for further clarification of the post-ripening mechanism in noni fruit.


1984 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARBARA P. KEOGH ◽  
G. PETTINGILL

An investigation was undertaken into the relationship between the enzyme activity of cells harvested from raw milk and time taken for age gelation (TAG) to occur in the milk after ultra-high-temperature processing. It was shown that there was no relationship between the TAG and the bacterial counts on milk agar at 30°C or 7°C nor was there a relationship between the counts and the level of enzyme activity of the harvested cells. There was, however, a significant correlation between the level of enzyme activity of the harvested cells and the TAG. When extra bovine leucocytes were added to raw milk before processing, the TAG was increased. This suggested that there was an inhibitory action of leucocytes in development of age gelation.


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