Title: " The Functions of the Endosperm During Seed Germination"
“Seeds are able to sense and respond to environmental factors such as light (Oh et al. 2007), temperature (Yamauchi et al. 2004, Toh et al. 2012), nutrients (Matakiadis et al. 2009) and water (Preston et al. 2009, Bai et al. 2012), in order to control the precise timing of germination. Once the embryonic growth potential exceeds the mechanical constraint of the surrounding tissues, including the endosperm, germination is then complete (Finch-Savage and Leubner-Metzger 2006). In a study by Finch-Savage et al. (2007), it was reported that different germination stimuli (nitrate, after-ripening, light and temperature) trigger similar changes in the transcriptome.”
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