SELECTION AGAINST SPROUTING DAMAGE IN WHEAT .3. DORMANCY, GERMINATIVE ALPHA-AMYLASE, GRAIN REDNESS AND FLAVANOLS
SELECTION AGAINST SPROUTING DAMAGE IN WHEAT .3. DORMANCY, GERMINATIVE ALPHA-AMYLASE, GRAIN REDNESS AND FLAVANOLS
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10.1071/ar9790387
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1979-01-01
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GORDON, IL
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GORDON, IL
Grain development, embryo dormancy, germinative .alpha.-amylase [EC 3.2.1.1], pigmentation and flavanols, were examined in the wheats [Triticum aestivum] ''Timgalen'' and ''Gamut'' (white-grained, non-dormant), and ''Pembina'' and ''Sonora'' (red-grained with different levels of dormancy). Each trait had distinctive patterns of development. The net result at harvest ripeness depended on the synchronizations among traits. Dormancy, as judged by embryo response (i.e., embryo dormancy), was restricted to the red wheats. Three ways of expressing it were noted: in terms of development patterns; as levels at harvest ripeness or at harvest; and by the length of the period of embryo dormancy after harvest ripeness. Two hypotheses linking embryo dormancy and grain redness appeared plausible from the results. One was that the polyphenol oxidase complex, which polymerizes flavanols to the putative pigment phlobaphene, contributes towards embryo dormancy, probably through enhancement of hypoxia. The other was that the pigment itself and its tanning complexes cause the hypoxia. Flavanols apparently were not in vivo germination inhibitors. Dormancy, as judged by .alpha.-amylase response (i.e., amylase dormancy), was not always present together with embryo dormancy. A long period of amylase dormancy was found in the more embryo-dormant red wheat, but not in the other. Conversely, a short period of amylase dormancy was found in 1 white wheat, but it was not embryo-dormant. Possible relationships between these physiological traits and the classical genes for red grain coat were discussed. Implications concerning selection against sprouting damage were considered.