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Quality of cowpea seeds: A food security strategy in the tropical environment

What is the relation between seed quality and food security? Here we built a summary diagram that links the development stages of the seeds with their potential of providing grain yield. This idea was tested using cowpea as a model crop, grown in a tropical environment. Initially, seed quality attri...

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Autores principales: Moreno, Leticia de Aguila, Fonseca de Oliveira, Gustavo Roberto, Batista, Thiago Barbosa, Bossolani, João William, Ducatti, Karina Renostro, Guimarães, Cristiane Carvalho, Amaral da Silva, Edvaldo Aparecido
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9565620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36240183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276136
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author Moreno, Leticia de Aguila
Fonseca de Oliveira, Gustavo Roberto
Batista, Thiago Barbosa
Bossolani, João William
Ducatti, Karina Renostro
Guimarães, Cristiane Carvalho
Amaral da Silva, Edvaldo Aparecido
author_facet Moreno, Leticia de Aguila
Fonseca de Oliveira, Gustavo Roberto
Batista, Thiago Barbosa
Bossolani, João William
Ducatti, Karina Renostro
Guimarães, Cristiane Carvalho
Amaral da Silva, Edvaldo Aparecido
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description What is the relation between seed quality and food security? Here we built a summary diagram that links the development stages of the seeds with their potential of providing grain yield. This idea was tested using cowpea as a model crop, grown in a tropical environment. Initially, seed quality attributes such as water content, dry weight, germination, vigor, and longevity were characterized during seed development. With this, we were able to elucidate at which point the late maturation phase and the acquisition of seed with superior physiological quality starts. From these data, the proposed summary diagram highlighted the seed quality as a technological basis for generating a more productive plant community. It also showed that only seeds with a high-quality profile have a better chance to establishment in an increasingly challenging agricultural environment. Overall, we bring the concept that cowpea seeds with superior quality besides being the essential input for tropical agriculture is also a strategy that can contribute food security.
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spelling pubmed-95656202022-10-15 Quality of cowpea seeds: A food security strategy in the tropical environment Moreno, Leticia de Aguila Fonseca de Oliveira, Gustavo Roberto Batista, Thiago Barbosa Bossolani, João William Ducatti, Karina Renostro Guimarães, Cristiane Carvalho Amaral da Silva, Edvaldo Aparecido PLoS One Research Article What is the relation between seed quality and food security? Here we built a summary diagram that links the development stages of the seeds with their potential of providing grain yield. This idea was tested using cowpea as a model crop, grown in a tropical environment. Initially, seed quality attributes such as water content, dry weight, germination, vigor, and longevity were characterized during seed development. With this, we were able to elucidate at which point the late maturation phase and the acquisition of seed with superior physiological quality starts. From these data, the proposed summary diagram highlighted the seed quality as a technological basis for generating a more productive plant community. It also showed that only seeds with a high-quality profile have a better chance to establishment in an increasingly challenging agricultural environment. Overall, we bring the concept that cowpea seeds with superior quality besides being the essential input for tropical agriculture is also a strategy that can contribute food security. Public Library of Science 2022-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9565620/ /pubmed/36240183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276136 Text en © 2022 Moreno et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ducatti, Karina Renostro
Guimarães, Cristiane Carvalho
Amaral da Silva, Edvaldo Aparecido
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title_sort quality of cowpea seeds: a food security strategy in the tropical environment
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9565620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36240183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276136
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