Improvement of Seed Quality by Priming: Concept and Biological Basis
Presoaking seeds in water (hydropriming) or in a solution, usually of polyethylene glycol (PEG) or various salts at low water potential (osmopriming), has been demonstrated to improve the germination of seeds of numerous species including vegetables (carrot, celery, leek, lettuce, tomato), floral pl...
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| author | Françoise Corbineau Nesrin Taskiran-Özbingöl Hayat El-Maarouf-Bouteau |
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| description | Presoaking seeds in water (hydropriming) or in a solution, usually of polyethylene glycol (PEG) or various salts at low water potential (osmopriming), has been demonstrated to improve the germination of seeds of numerous species including vegetables (carrot, celery, leek, lettuce, tomato), floral plants (cyclamen, primrose, pansy) and others (sugar beet, rape, soybean, sunflower). This treatment allows the germination stricto sensu to occur but prevents the radicle protrusion. Germination of primed seeds is more rapid and uniform than that of unprimed ones. Primed seeds germinate in a wider range of temperatures and are less sensitive to oxygen deprivation. Interestingly, priming also improves the germination of aged seeds. The stimulatory effect of priming persists after redrying and often during storage; however, primed seeds often deteriorate faster during storage or accelerated aging than unprimed ones. A better understanding of the mechanisms involved during priming allows us to suggest markers of the effectiveness of priming. Among these markers, ethylene production during imbibition, cell-cycle processes (DNA replication, ß-tubulin), soluble sugar metabolism (raffinose family oligosaccharides, in particular), reactive oxygen species scavenging through antioxidant systems and energy metabolism are correlated to seed vigor. Global approaches (proteomic, metabolomic or transcriptomic) could also result in the identification of new markers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04f194b2bb1843d2b4ab2230f8b948ce2023-11-17T13:42:40ZengMDPI AGSeeds2674-10242023-02-012110111510.3390/seeds2010008Improvement of Seed Quality by Priming: Concept and Biological BasisFrançoise Corbineau0Nesrin Taskiran-Özbingöl1Hayat El-Maarouf-Bouteau2Biologie des Semences, UMR7622 Biologie du Développement, IBPS, Sorbonne-Université, 4 place Jussieu, CEDEX 05, 75252 Paris, FranceLycée des Métiers de l’Horticulture et du Paysage Jeanne Baret, 93100 Montreuil, FranceUFR 927, Sorbonne-Université, 4 place Jussieu, CEDEX 05, 75252 Paris, FrancePresoaking seeds in water (hydropriming) or in a solution, usually of polyethylene glycol (PEG) or various salts at low water potential (osmopriming), has been demonstrated to improve the germination of seeds of numerous species including vegetables (carrot, celery, leek, lettuce, tomato), floral plants (cyclamen, primrose, pansy) and others (sugar beet, rape, soybean, sunflower). This treatment allows the germination stricto sensu to occur but prevents the radicle protrusion. Germination of primed seeds is more rapid and uniform than that of unprimed ones. Primed seeds germinate in a wider range of temperatures and are less sensitive to oxygen deprivation. Interestingly, priming also improves the germination of aged seeds. The stimulatory effect of priming persists after redrying and often during storage; however, primed seeds often deteriorate faster during storage or accelerated aging than unprimed ones. A better understanding of the mechanisms involved during priming allows us to suggest markers of the effectiveness of priming. Among these markers, ethylene production during imbibition, cell-cycle processes (DNA replication, ß-tubulin), soluble sugar metabolism (raffinose family oligosaccharides, in particular), reactive oxygen species scavenging through antioxidant systems and energy metabolism are correlated to seed vigor. Global approaches (proteomic, metabolomic or transcriptomic) could also result in the identification of new markers.https://www.mdpi.com/2674-1024/2/1/8seed qualityhydroprimingosmoprimingmarkers of primingenergy metabolismantioxidant defense system |
| spellingShingle | Françoise Corbineau Nesrin Taskiran-Özbingöl Hayat El-Maarouf-Bouteau Improvement of Seed Quality by Priming: Concept and Biological Basis Seeds seed quality hydropriming osmopriming markers of priming energy metabolism antioxidant defense system |
| title | Improvement of Seed Quality by Priming: Concept and Biological Basis |
| title_full | Improvement of Seed Quality by Priming: Concept and Biological Basis |
| title_fullStr | Improvement of Seed Quality by Priming: Concept and Biological Basis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improvement of Seed Quality by Priming: Concept and Biological Basis |
| title_short | Improvement of Seed Quality by Priming: Concept and Biological Basis |
| title_sort | improvement of seed quality by priming concept and biological basis |
| topic | seed quality hydropriming osmopriming markers of priming energy metabolism antioxidant defense system |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2674-1024/2/1/8 |
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