Annotated Bibliography: Life Cycle Of A Seed Plant

Life Cycle of a Seed Plant

Annotated Bibliography

Dante, R., Larkins, B., & Sabelli, P. (2014). Cell cycle control and seed development. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5.

Dante et al. mention that seed development is complex and needs a coordination of the processes including metabolic, genetic, environmental cues and physiological pathways. According to the article, different cell cycle types often occur in sequential and in overlapping manner when the endosperm and embryo are developing. Dante et al. further remark that seed structure is a product of double fertilization. Polarized cells are generated in asymmetric cell divisions in the embryo. The cell and nuclear decision have a necessary function in the determination of the final cell numbers.

examine the correlation between the “size and fitness of the Sonoran Desert winter annual (Dithyrea californica)”. Dormant and germinated seeds were compared for four years and the study also measured the impact of the size of the seed on the success to reproduce and survive. Hence, the research related survival and fecundity along with the original seed size. Under stressing conditions, the size of the seed has significant impacts on the formation, survival and the reproductive success. According to the article, the process is essential for the fitness of the plant. In their findings, Larios et al. reported that large seeds have a high probability of germinating compared to small seeds. In the study, a plant which originated from large seeds denoted to have a high rate of surviving than those from smaller seeds. More importantly, the researchers postulated that the precipitation amount was valuable on the plant fecundity and was critical in influencing the seed-size survival selection. Competition among plants reduces plant fecundity and survival and hence creates a damaging setting for plants to grow and produce. The article is relevant and important as it showed empirical evidence of the seed size selection in the entire life cycle of the seed. The researchers concluded that the maternal provisioning has benefits that continue to showcase in adulthood and that the interactions with the environment determine survival and

(2014). Cell cycle control and seed development. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5.

Eskandari, H. (2012). Seed quality changes in cowpea (Vigna sinensis) during seed development and maturation. Seed Science and Technology, 40(1), 108-112.

Larios, E., Búrquez, A., Becerra, J., & Lawrence Venable, D. (2014). Natural selection on seed size through the life cycle of a desert annual plant. Ecology, 95(11), 3213-3220.

Liu, Y., & El-Kassaby, Y. (2014). Timing of seed germination correlated with temperature-based environmental conditions during seed development in conifers. Seed Science Research, 25(01), 29-45.

Moles, A., & Westoby, M. (2006). Seed size and plant strategy across the whole life cycle. Oikos, 113(1), 91-105.

Qin, G., Wang, Q., Hu, J., Li, Z., He, F., & Wang, J. (2013). Changes in seed quality and ABA content during seed development in sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica). Seed Science and Technology, 41(3),