Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1995. — 852 p. — (Books in soils, plants, and the environment, 41).
ISBN10: 0824792297.
print ISBN13: 9780824792299.
ebook ISBN13: 9780585157320.
This text is intended for plant physiologists, molecular biologists, biochemists, biotechnologists, geneticists, horticulturalists, agromnomists and botanists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. It integrates advances in the diverse and rapidly-expanding field of seed science, from ecological and demographic aspects of seed production, dispersal and germination, to the molecular biology of seed development. The book offers a broad, multidisciplinary approach that covers both theoretical and applied knowledge.
Seed Morphology and Development.The Seed: Structure and Function
(F. Dieter Boesewinkel and Ferry Bouman).Storage Compounds: Synthesis and Accumulation.Transport and Accumulation of Carbohydrates in Developing Seeds: The Seed as a Sink
(Eli Zamski).Cereal Seed Storage Proteins
(Peter R. Shewry).
Legume Storage Proteins
(Alessandro Vitale and Roberto Bollini).Regulation of Seed Storage Protein Gene Expression
(Roger L. Morton, Diana Quiggin, and T.J.V. Higgins).Starch Synthesis in Seeds
(Mirta N. Sivak and Jack Preiss).Lipid Biosynthesis in Developing Seeds
(Martine Miquel and John Browse).Cell and Molecular Biology of Seed Oil Bodies
(Eliot M. Herman).Mechanisms and Regulation of Mineral Nutrient Storage During Seed Development
(John N.A. Lott, John S. Greenwood, and Graeme D. Batten).From Seed Development to Germination.Acquisition and Loss of Desiccation Tolerance
(Christina W. Vertucci and Jill M. Farrant).Regulatory Mechanisms in the Transition from Seed Development to Germination: Interactions Between the Embryo and the Seed Environment
(Allison R. Kermode).Hormonal Regulation of Seed Development, Dormancy, and Germination Studied by Genetic Control
(Cees M. Karssen).Water Relations in Seed Germination
(Kent J. Bradford).Control of Seed Germination and Dormancy by the Gaseous Environment
(Françoise Corbineau and Daniel Côme).Intracellular Transport and Secretion of Seed Proteins
(Russell L. Jones).Carbohydrate Degradation During Germination
(Paul Ziegler).Ecology of Germination.Pollinators and Seed Production
(Glenda Vaughton and Mike Ramsey).Environmental Maternal Effects on Seed Quality and Germination
(Renata D. Wulff).Ecology of Seed Banks
(Michael Fenner).Seed Germination in Soil: Dormancy Cycles
(Grant H. Egley).Modeling Weed Seed Germination
(Roberto L. Benech-Arnold and Rodolfo A. Sánchez).Germination of Weedy Root Parasites
(Daniel M. Joel, John C. Steffens, and David E. Matthews).Seed Germination and Seed-Bank Ecology in Halophytes
(Irwin A. Ungar).Allelopathy, Autotoxicity, and Germination
(Jacob Friedman).Seed Germination in Arid and Semiarid Regions
(Jaime Kigel).Seed Quality Improvement: Technological Advances.Deteriorative Changes Associated with the Loss of Viability of Stored Desiccation-Tolerant and Desiccation-Sensitive Seeds
(Michael T. Smith and Patricia Berjak).The Implications of Seed-Associated Mycoflora During Storage
(David J. Mycock and Patricia Berjak).Biochemical Processes During the Osmopriming of Seeds
(Clifford M. Bray).Improving Protein Quality in Seeds
(Jeffrey E. Habben and Brian A. Larkins).Synthesis and Accumulation of the Essential Amino Acids Lysine and Threonine in Seeds
(Gad Galili, Orit Shaul, Avihai Perl, and Hagai Karchi).Somatic Embryogenesis in Alfalfa: A Model for the Development of Dry Artificial Seed Technology
(Bryan D. McKersie).