At harvest, potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers are dormant and will not sprout. As the
period of postharvest storage is extended, tuber dormancy is broken and sprout growth …

Background Dormancy of buds is a critical developmental process that allows perennial
plants to survive extreme seasonal variations in climate. Dormancy transitions in underground …

Seed dormancy has been associated with red grain color in cereal crops for a century. The
association was linked to qSD7-1/qPC7, a cluster of quantitative trait loci for seed dormancy/…

The factors that regulate storage organ carotenoid content remain to be fully elucidated,
despite the nutritional and economic importance of this class of compound. Recent findings …

At harvest, and for an indeterminate period thereafter, potato tubers will not sprout and are
physiologically dormant. Abscisic acid (ABA) has been shown to play a critical role in tuber …

… Portions of this study have been presented elsewhere in abstract form (Suttle, 1993). … rates
of ABA metabolism throughout dormancy (JC Suttle, unpublished data), this delay may reflect …

The role of endogenous gibberellins (GAs) in the regulationof potato (Solanum tuberosum)
tuber dormancy was examined by determining: 1. changes in endogenous GA levels during …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the internal factors that accompany and possibly
regulate dormancy progression and early sprout growth.. The existence of dormancy in …

Rapid wound-healing is crucial in protecting potato tubers from infection and dehydration.
Wound-induced suberization and the accumulation of hydrophobic barriers to reduce water …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) single-node explants undergoing in vitro tuberization
produced detectable amounts of ethylene throughout tuber development, and the resulting …