A novel slide-culture technique was used to study gern:ination and outgro~vth ofBacillu~pop~liae spores without disturbing the microenvironment. Infective s~ore.s ~~rmed In larvae r~qu~ed _4 ?r to begin outgrowth, whereas noninfective spores from colon.les IDltI~ted. outgrowth In L hr. DIssolution of the paraspore coincided with outgrowth and not wIth germInatIOn of th~ attached spore. Germinat...

Germination incorporates events that commence with the uptake of water (imbibition) by the quiescent dry seed and terminates with the emergence of the embryonic axis, usually the radicle. It is a time of intensemetabolic activity, involving subcellular structural changes, respiration, macromolecular syntheses and, finally, cell elongation. Establishment of the seedling occurs following germinat...

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This work investigates the extent of translational regulation during seed germination. The polysome occupancy of each gene is determined by genome-wide profiling of total mRNA and polysome-associated mRNA. This reveals extensive translational regulation during Arabidopsis thaliana seed germination. The polysome occupancy of thousands of individual mRNAs changes to a large extent during the germ...

Germination represents a fundamental stage of plant life highly responsive to change of environmental conditions. Low germination percent and seedling establishment are basic problems in saline regions. One of the sensitive stages of plants to salinity is the germination stage. This study was conducted using a factorial experiment with three factors such as species with two levels (Thymus vulga...