Metabolism, seedling growth and nucleolar activity in germinating diploid wheat Triticum monococcum ssp. monococcum cv. Einkorn
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Seed germination, seedling growth, mitotic and nucleolar activity were investigated as indicators of metabolic activity in a diploid wheat, Triticum monococcum ssp. monococcum cv. Einkorn. Two developmental phases were identified, an initial lag phase during which reactivation of NOR's and the initiation of mitotic activity (10 h) took place prior to the appearance of the primary root (16 h). Dominance interactions were observed between the NOR's of chromosomes 1A and 5A with the NOR's of the one pair activated before the other and forming therefore larger nucleoli. The total number of nucleoli per 500 cells also varied according to the stages of the cell cycle over time. The mitotic activity had an initial exponential rise, but showed signs of flattening out after 10 h of mitosis with opposite levels of activity in the primary and first pair of lateral roots thereafter. Secondly, an exponential phase in root and shoot growth, mobilization of reserve food and respiration rate was observed during seedling growth. Comparisons were done on work from a previous investigation on two polyploid wheat accessions belonging toT. turgidum ssp. durum and T. aestivum species. T. monococcum displayed a higher embryo growth than the polyploids, that may be explained by having a lighter embryo and caryopsis weight that may influence the uptake of water and reactivation of metabolic activity. During the seedling growth period, the two polyploid species displayed a faster growth rate than the diploid probably due to the differences in the number of genomes, the hybrid nature of the polyploids and a more complex gene control in the polyploids.
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