This portal serves as the home for the ERANET-PG consortium of biologists, mathematicians, engineers and computer scientists interested in addressing the systems biology of seed dormancy, after-ripening and germination (vSEED).

Aims of vSEED:

The vSEED project aims to provide a dynamic mathematical description of seed dormancy, after-ripening and germination, using the related species Arabidopsis thaliana and Lepidium sativum. This will be achieved through identification of key transcriptome networks, cell wall components and biophysical attributes of specific seed compartments that regulate endosperm rupture and radicle emergence.

Thanks to the University of Nottingham MyCIB (Multidisciplinary Centre for Integrative Biology) for help setting up and managing this portal.
Site managed by Professor Michael Holdsworth, University of Nottingham. This portal also available with the following addresses: vseed.eu, vseed.info, vseed.org