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Stimulation of germination of dormant oat (Avena sativa L.) seeds by ethanol and other alcohols

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

F. Corbineau ,
B. Gouble ,
S. Lecat  and
D. Côme
F. Corbineau
Affiliation:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale Appliquée, Tour 53, 1 er étage, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cédex 05, France
B. Gouble
Affiliation:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale Appliquée, Tour 53, 1 er étage, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cédex 05, France
S. Lecat
Affiliation:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale Appliquée, Tour 53, 1 er étage, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cédex 05, France
D. Côme*
Affiliation:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale Appliquée, Tour 53, 1 er étage, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cédex 05, France
*
* Correspondence
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Abstract

Dormant dehusked Avena sativa L. (cv. Moyencourt) caryopses germinated easily at 10°C, but their germination was poor at 25 and 30°C. Ethanol overcame their dormancy and allowed germination at the last two temperatures when given continuously at concentrations ranging from 50 to 200 mm, or at higher concentrations at the beginning of imbibition. Ethanol also promoted germination in hypoxia. Other alcohols which were good substrates for alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH: EC 1.1.1.1), such as butanol-1, propanol-1 and 2-propen-1-ol, had the same stimulatory effect as ethanol, whereas alcohols which could not be oxidized by ADH (propanol-2 and methanol) did not improve germination. Salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM) did not alter the stimulation of germination induced by ethanol, but 4-methylpyrazole (4-MP, an inhibitor of ADH) completely abolished this stimulation. The improvement of germination by alcohols which were good substrates for ADH was always associated with an increase in oxygen uptake by caryopses, whereas alcohols which were not ADH substrates did not enhance respiration. The stimulation of oxygen uptake induced by ethanol resulted in a decrease in CO2/O2 ratio and was suppressed by 4-MP, but ATP level in embryos was not modified until after the germination of caryopses. All the results obtained seem to demonstrate that the stimulatory action of ethanol on germination of dormant oat caryopses requires its metabolism through ADH and involves an activation of glycolysis and the Krebs cycle.

Keywords

alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.1)Avena sativaethanolgerminationoatseed dormancy
Type
Research Papers
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Seed Science Research , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 21 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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