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Correlation of modified water sorption properties with the decline of storage stability of osmotically-primed seeds of Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Wendell Q. Sun ,
Dora C. Y. Koh  and
Choong-Moi Ong
Wendell Q. Sun*
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119260, Singapore
Dora C. Y. Koh
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119260, Singapore
Choong-Moi Ong
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119260, Singapore
*
*correspondence
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Abstract

Osmotic priming in a polyethylene glycol solution (300 g/kg water) for 48 h resulted in a partial loss of desiccation tolerance for seeds of Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek (mung bean). The percentage of germination began to decrease after primed seeds were dried down to water contents less than 0.06 g/g DW. As compared with control seeds, primed mung bean seeds also had poorer storage stability. The decline of storage stability after osmotic priming was correlated with the modifications of seed water sorption properties. Priming significantly increased the amount of water associated with the weak water-binding sites, and reduced the amount of water associated with the strong binding sites and multi-molecular binding sites in seed tissues. The enhancement of molecular mobility in seeds, as a result of such water redistribution, probably accelerates seed deterioration and decreases storage stability.

Keywords

desiccation toleranceglass transitionosmotic primingseed agingseed longevitystorage stabilityVigna radiatawater sorption property
Type
Physiology and Biochemistry
Information
Seed Science Research , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 391 - 398
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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