Maternal environment and dormancy in sunflower: The effect of temperature during fruit development

A rapid and uniform germination in the field is an important requirement for commercial hybrid sunflower seed. Persistence of dormancy after harvest can negatively affect this aspect of seed quality, and seed lots with some degree of dormancy cannot be commercialized. Seed dormancy intensity and duration can vary greatly among sunflower genotypes, but it is also subject to strong interactions with the maternal environment. In this paper we...