Role of the Cotyledon in Sensitivity to Cold of Cacao Seed

Ibanez, M. L.

doi:10.1038/201414a0

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“…2), and slowly hydrating Cuphea seeds does not prevent damage (Crane et al 2003, all treatments in this report). However, damage during hydrated storage as reported here appears to be analogous to early discussions of chilling injury (e.g., Lyons et al 1979;Wu and Browse 1995), except that we suggest the triacylglycerol, rather than the membrane fraction, is the site of damage, a possibility that was first introduced in the 1960s (Ibanez 1964).…”

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Triacylglycerol phase and ‘intermediate’ seed storage physiology: a study of Cuphea carthagenensis

Crane¹,

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Gardner

et al. 2005

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Seeds with 'intermediate' storage physiology store poorly under cold and dry conditions. We tested whether the poor shelf life can be attributed to triacylglycerol phase changes using Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) seeds. Viability remained high when seeds were stored at 25 degrees C, but was lost quickly when seeds were stored at 5 degrees C. Deterioration was fastest in seeds with high (>or=0.10 g g(-1)) and low (0.01 g g(-1)) water contents (g H(2)O g dry mass(-1)), and slowest in seeds containing 0.04 g g(-1). A 45 degrees C treatment before imbibition restored germination of dry seeds by melting crystallized triacylglycerols. Here, we show that the rate of deterioration in C. carthagenensis seeds stored at 5 degrees C correlated with the rate that triacylglycerols crystallized within the seeds. Lipid crystallization, measured using differential scanning calorimetry, occurred at 6 degrees C for this species and was fastest for seeds stored at 5 degrees C that had high and very low water contents, and slowest for seeds containing 0.04 g g(-1). Germination decreased to 50% (P50) when between 16 and 38% of the triacylglycerols crystallized; complete crystallization took from 10 to over 200 days depending on water content. Our results demonstrate interactions between water and triacylglycerols in seeds: (1) water content affects the propensity of triacylglycerols to crystallize and (2) hydration of seed containing crystallized triacylglycerols is lethal. We suggest that these interactions form the basis of the syndrome of damage experienced when seeds with intermediate storage physiologies are placed in long-term storage.

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“…2, 3). Thus, susceptible seeds are irreversibly damaged by hydrated storage under cool conditions and are known to be ''chilling sensitive'' (Ibanez 1964;Berjak et al 1995;Sacande´et al 1998;Pammenter and Berjak 1999;Danthu et al 2000). Damage to Cuphea seeds can be induced and ameliorated by simple temperature fluctuations.…”

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