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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 113, Issue 1 13-20, Copyright © 1997 by American Society of Plant Biologists

DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH REGULATION

A Single-Seed Assay for Endo-[beta]-Mannanase Activity from Tomato Endosperm and Radicle Tissues

D. W. Still, P. Dahal and K. J. Bradford
Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, California 95616-8631

Completion of germination (radicle emergence) is an all-or-none developmental event for an individual seed. Variation in germination timing among seeds in a population therefore reflects variation among seeds in the rates or extents of physiological or biochemical processes prior to radicle emergence. For tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seeds, correlative evidence suggests that endo-[beta]-mannanase activity weakens the endosperm cap tissue opposite the radicle tip to permit radicle emergence. To test whether endo-[beta]-mannanase activity is causally related to germination rates, we have developed a sensitive assay suitable for use with individual radicle tips or endosperm caps. We show that endo-[beta]-mannanase activity varies at least 100-fold and often more than 1000-fold among individual inbred tomato seeds prior to radicle emergence. Other sources of variation (tissue size and experimental error) were evaluated and cannot account for this range of activity. Endo-[beta]-mannanase activity was generally 10-fold greater in leachates from endosperm caps than from radicle tips. Release of reducing sugars from individual endosperm caps also varied over a considerable (9-fold) range. These extreme biochemical differences among individual tomato seeds prior to radicle emergence indicate that results obtained from bulk samples could be misleading if it is assumed that all seeds exhibit the "average" behavior.


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