Aquaporins (AQPs) are water channel proteins. They play a key role in maintaining balance and homeostasis cells under stress conditions living organisms. AQPs pore forming transmembrane proteins that facilitate movement various small neutral solutes across cellular membranes. Aquaporin expression transport functions modulated by phytohormones mediated signalling plants. Transcriptome analysis r...

The soybean seed (JS 335) was collected from 8 different production locations in Telangana state and were treated with treatment chemicals. quality parameters of kept at ambient conditions gunny bag recorded monthly intervals during storage. results revealed that, among the various treatments chemicals, seeds Xelora (Thiophanate Methyl 45% + Pyraclostrobin 5% FS) @ 2 g kg-1 significantly high v...

Experimental seed aging approaches intend to mimic seed deterioration processes to achieve a storage interval reduction. Common methods apply higher seed moisture levels and temperatures. In contrast, the "elevated partial pressure of oxygen" (EPPO) approach treats dry seed stored at ambient temperatures with high oxygen pressure. To analyse the genetic background of seed longevity and the effe...

Abstract In plants, a fascinating set of post-fertilization events result in the development dispersal unit known as seed. During maturation phase, seeds accumulate storage reserves and acquire desiccation tolerance, followed by an increase seed vigour during drying. Physiological (or mass) maturity may be attributed to stage when maximum dry matter accumulation has occurred, marking end seed-f...

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping was used to identify loci controlling various aspects of seed longevity during storage and germination. Similar locations for QTLs controlling different traits might be an indication for a common genetic control of such traits. For this analysis we used a new recombinant inbred line population derived from a cross between the accessions Landsberg erecta (Le...

Aging involves a progressive physiological remodeling that is controlled by both genetic and environmental factors. Many of these factors impact also on white adipose tissue (WAT), which has been shown to be a determinant of lifespan. Interrogating a transcriptional network for predicted causal regulatory interactions in a collection of mouse WAT from F2 crosses with a seed set of 60 known long...

Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.-P.N., S.S., L.B.); Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University (T.-P.N., L.B.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Biometris-Applied Statistics, Wageningen University and Research Centre (P.K., F.v.E.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; and Centre for Bio...