Globulin protein 11s, usable as a seed impregnation marker during germination
AssigneeAventis CropScience GmbH
InventorsClaudette Job, Dominique Job, Alain Kersulec
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a protein which is induced in the course of the soaking of mature seeds of plants belonging to species of the families chenopodiaceae, compositae, labiatae and cucurbitraceae, and to its use as a molecular marker of a seed soaking process.
Claims11
A method for determining the germination capacity of seeds comprising determining the mobilization of globulin 11 S by detecting the amount of a soluble subunit thereof in extracts of said seeds, wherein the mobilization of globulin 11S is indicative of the germination capacity of said seeds.
A method of monitoring the stage of a seed soaking process comprising determining the mobilization of globulin 11S by detecting the amount of a soluble subunit thereof in extracts of seeds undergoing a seed soaking process, wherein the mobilization of globulin 11S is indicative of the stage of the seed soaking process.
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