Gene expression in the precocious germination of late maturation Phaseolus vulgaris L. seeds: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Plant Biology at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Howard Russell
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-17T00:55:07Z
dc.date.available2018-01-17T00:55:07Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.description.abstractEthylene induces precocious germination in late maturation embryos (32-40 days after anthesis) of Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Seminole, thus overriding the endogenous controls which normally maintain quiescence. The possibility that ethylene exerts its effects at the gene expression level was investigated by in vitro translation of RNA extracted from embryo axis tissue of seeds induced to germinate precociously by incubation with ethylene. 35 S-labelled products so produced were analyzed by electrophoresis, fluorography, and scanning densitometry. Results were compared with normally germinating seeds and with embryos incubated in the absence of ethylene. Ethylene was found to induce a qualitative and quantitative change in gene expression in late maturation embryos detectable within 6 hours of ethylene exposure. Two products (37-38kD and 27kD) were up-regulated within 24 hours in both ethylene-induced precocious germination and normal germination. Four products (71kD, 67-68kD, 65-66kD, and 41-42kD) which appeared in normal germination were evidently not required for ethylene-induced precocious germination. In contrast with the findings of Misra & Bewley (1985;1986) for maize(Zea mays L.) no products could be identified as being unique to the developmental phase, however two products (38-39kD and 28kD) were strongly present in development but disappeared shortly after germination. A product of 22-23kD was apparently unique to the ethylene-induced precocious germination treatment and may represent a gene regulated by ethylene. This product was not seen until 24 hours after ethylene introduction. An attempt was made using SDS-PAGE to identify the major storage proteins of P.vulgaris to use as markers of the developmental phase, however this was only partially successful. Suggestions are made as to approaches and methods for future research.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/12627
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectCommon beanen_US
dc.subjectGerminationen_US
dc.titleGene expression in the precocious germination of late maturation Phaseolus vulgaris L. seeds: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Plant Biology at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorSmith, Howard Russell
thesis.degree.disciplinePlant Biologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M. Sc.)en_US
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