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A comparison of thermo- and skotodormancy in seeds of Lactuca serriola in terms of induction, alleviation, respiration, ethylene and protein synthesis

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Lactuca serriola L., which was found to enter skotodormancy at a relatively low temperature, was used to try and ascertain differences in thermo- and skotodormancy.

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Abbreviations

SE:

standard error

VT :

total respiratory rate

Vcyt :

respiratory rate inhibited by cyanide

Valt :

total respiratory capacity inhibited by SHAM and denoted alternate respiration

Vres :

residual respiration

PMSF:

phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride; panacide, 5,5′-2,2′-dihydroxydiphenylmethane

SHAM:

salicyl-hydroxamic acid

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  1. Dept. of Botany and Genetics, Univ. of the Orange Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa

    J. G. C. Small

  2. Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Israel, 84990

    Y. Gutterman

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Small, J.G.C., Gutterman, Y. A comparison of thermo- and skotodormancy in seeds of Lactuca serriola in terms of induction, alleviation, respiration, ethylene and protein synthesis. Plant Growth Regul 11, 301–310 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00024569

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