**Biology of Seed Vigor in the Light of** *-omics* **Tools**

**Biology of Seed Vigor in the Light of** *-omics* **Tools**

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.71258

#### Isaac Oludayo Daniel Isaac Oludayo Daniel Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.71258

#### **Abstract**

Seed vigor is a major agronomic trait measurable by seed longevity in storage, germination capacity, and seedling growth in the field. Seed vigor has potential to significantly elevate crop resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses. That is important for crop yields enhancement and other enterprises that involve seeds like plant breeding, research and education, germplasm conservation and the seed trade. With the availability of high precision *-omics* tools for biological research, lots of investigations are undertaken globally to answer the physiological questions underlying seed germination and invigoration. The increasing *-omics* datasets constitute important resources for the delivery of new seed vigor markers and advancing new seed vigor manipulation opportunities. There is need to regularly update the knowledge generated from these investigations for the scientific improvement of seed vigor. Thus, this chapter highlights the biological backgrounds involved in the development of seed vigor traits in the light of modern *-omics* tools. The chapter is sectioned into; 1. Attributes of seed vigor and the *–omics* sciences; 2. State of *-omics*-based knowledge on underlying mechanisms of seed vigor; 3. Future perspectives of *-omics* application to genetic engineering of seed vigor with an insight to the latest technique of genome editing, the CRISPR-Cas9 technology.

**Keywords:** seed vigor, seed aging, seed priming, molecular mechanisms, *-omics* application
