{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["He Zhu Z"],"funding":["National Key Technology Research and Development Program","Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province"],"pagination":["9341-9355"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8809997"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Drought is one of the most important abiotic stressors that affect crop yield. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate correlations between germination-stage drought tolerance and the microscopic testa (i.e., seed coat) characteristics (color and papilla morphology) and imbibition abilities of 35 rapeseed (<i>Brassica napus</i> L.) accessions. After 2 h imbibition, seed water uptake (fresh weight increase) was significantly positively correlated with testa hue (<i>H</i><sub>HSB</sub>), brightness (<i>B</i><sub>HSB</sub>,), blue (<i>B</i><sub>RGB</sub>), and lightness (<i>L</i>*), with correlation coefficients of 0.38, 0.34, 0.53, and 0.36, respectively, and significantly negatively correlated with saturation (<i>S</i><sub>HSB</sub>), greenness-redness (<i>a</i>*), bluene"],"journal":["Bioengineered"],"pubmed_title":["Effects of microscopic testa color and morphologyon the water uptake ability and drought tolerance of germination-stage rapeseed (<i>Brassica napus</i> L.)."],"pmcid":["PMC8809997"],"funding_grant_id":["1908085MC68","2018YFD0100600"],"pubmed_authors":["Zhou KJ","Li Y","He Zhu Z","Zhi Jin X","Sami A","Zhang H","Hang Lei Y","Fatima M","Peng Chen Z","Xu QQ","Yin Zheng W","Yu Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effects of microscopic testa color and morphologyon the water uptake ability and drought tolerance of germination-stage rapeseed (<i>Brassica napus</i> L.).","description":"Drought is one of the most important abiotic stressors that affect crop yield. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate correlations between germination-stage drought tolerance and the microscopic testa (i.e., seed coat) characteristics (color and papilla morphology) and imbibition abilities of 35 rapeseed (<i>Brassica napus</i> L.) accessions. After 2 h imbibition, seed water uptake (fresh weight increase) was significantly positively correlated with testa hue (<i>H</i><sub>HSB</sub>), brightness (<i>B</i><sub>HSB</sub>,), blue (<i>B</i><sub>RGB</sub>), and lightness (<i>L</i>*), with correlation coefficients of 0.38, 0.34, 0.53, and 0.36, respectively, and significantly negatively correlated with saturation (<i>S</i><sub>HSB</sub>), greenness-redness (<i>a</i>*), bluene","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Dec","modification":"2025-04-22T15:24:58.057Z","creation":"2025-04-06T01:20:26.814Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8809997","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34951555"],"doi":["10.1080/21655979.2021.2000789"]}}