Seed dormancy and weed emergence: from simulating environmental change to understanding trait plasticity, adaptive evolution, and population fitness

Kazumi Nakabayashi; Gerhard Leubner-Metzger

doi:10.1093/jxb/erab150

Seed dormancy and weed emergence: from simulating environmental change to understanding trait plasticity, adaptive evolution, and population fitness

J Exp Bot. 2021 May 28;72(12):4181-4185. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erab150.

Authors

Kazumi Nakabayashi¹, Gerhard Leubner-Metzger¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.

Abstract

This article comments on:

Fernández Farnocchia RB, Benech-Arnold RL, Mantese A, Batlla D. 2021. Optimization of timing of next-generation emergence in Amaranthus hybridus is determined via modulation of seed dormancy by the maternal environment. Journal of Experimental Botany 72, 4283–4297.

Keywords: Agricultural weed management; climate change; dormancy trait plasticity; maternal environment; soil seed bank dynamics; weed emergence timing.

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Physiological
Genetic Fitness*
Germination
Plant Dormancy*
Plant Weeds
Seeds

Abstract

MeSH terms

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