FIGURE 4.
Hormonal control of PCD in developing and germinating cereal seeds. Tissues undergoing PCD are represented in blue. Fluxes of nutrients promoted by PCD events are indicated by red arrows. Cells of the starchy endosperm undergo PCD during development but remain intact until germination. A, aleurone; E, endosperm; N, nucellus; NP, nucellar projections; P, pericarp; R, root; RAM, root apical meristem; S, shoot; SAM, shoot apical meristem; Sc, scutellum; ABA, abscisic acid; IAA, indol acetic acid; JA, jasmonic acid; GA, gibberellic acid; ROS, reactive oxygen species.