seed maturation stage
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0007632
- Aspect
- plant structure development stage
- Synonyms
- related: seed maturation in Arabidopsis
- Definition
- Stage during which the seed storage products (storage proteins, lipids and starch) are being accumulated, either in the cotyledons or in the endosperm. Also, LEA proteins are accumulated and subsequently, a desiccation tolerant state is reached at the end of this stage. [source: TAIR:Katica_Ilic]
- Comment
- None
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