xyloglucan-induced increase in lettuce germination and seedling elongation is not related to the degradation of the exogenous xyloglucan

• Published in: Botany Vol. 91; no. 12; pp. 822 - 829
• Main Authors: Pereira-Netto, Adaucto B, Petkowicz, Carmen L.O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa, ON NRC Research Press 01.12.2013; National Research Council of Canada
• Subjects: 2,4-D; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Botanical research; cell walls; cotyledons; Forestry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; galactose; gel chromatography; Germination; Glucans; glucose; high performance liquid chromatography; Hymenaea courbaril; Lettuce; Liliopsida; Physiological aspects; seedlings; seeds; xyloglucans; xylose; Brazil; Exogenous; Germination; Plant juvenile growth stage; Compositae; Hymenaea courbaril; Cell wall; Degradation; Lettuce; Leguminosae; Vegetable crop; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Hardwood forest tree; Spermatophyta; Plant sciences; Expansion; Lactuca sativa; Elongation

Xyloglucans are the main hemicellulosic polysaccharides found in the primary cell walls of dicots and nongraminaceous monocots. Although xyloglucans are building blocks used in plant cell wall assembly, the function of these molecules in the structure and growth of the primary cell wall remains poor...