Abstract

In the present study, we used the cultivated soybean, Glycine max, and its wild relatives G. soja, G. tomentella, and G. tabacina collected in Taiwan as the materials. We took immature, artificially dried, and naturally mature seeds and analyzed their seed moisture contents, germination rates, and the presence of seed maturation proteins. The results indicated that fresh immature wild soybean seeds acquired their germination ability after drying treatment, and that timing for the appearance of seed maturation proteins and the increase of germination ability coincided well.

中文摘要

我們用栽培種大豆 (Glycine max) 及三種在台灣採集的野生種大豆〈包括 G. soja, G. tomentala 及 G. tabacina〉做為材料，分析種子在未成熟、人工乾燥及自然成熟時的含水量與發芽率，並以西方墨點分析法檢測了三種種子成熟蛋白。實驗結果指出，新鮮未成熟的野生大豆種子在乾燥處理後即具有發芽能力，同時也有成熟蛋白的形成，自然成熟的種子亦同。

Keyword: germination ability, Glycine species, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, precocious drying, soybean seed maturation protein, Western blot. 萌芽力，Glycine種，蛋白電泳膠片分析，熟前乾燥，西方墨點分析，大豆種子成熟蛋白。