Ebook: Recent Advances in the Development and Germination of Seeds

These Proceedings are a product of the International Workshop on Seeds held in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, at the College of William and Mary, during the week of August 6-11, 1989. Sixty-eight participants attended. The location provided a scenic and historical setting for the excellent work presented. Good facilities and amenities also contributed to the success of the meeting. The Proceedings present the substance of the main lectures given at this meeting. In addition, there were 29 brief paper presentations and 30 poster presentations which have been summarized in abstract form in a separate publication. This meeting represents the third such meeting of a diverse group of scientists interested in the behavior of seeds, both in an agricultural sense and as tools for the advancement of more particular s~bject matter. The first meeting was held in Jerusalem, Israel in 1980 and the second in Wageningen, The Netherlands in 1985. A fourth meeting is being planned. The Editor and Organizer wishes to thank not only the contributors to this volume for their efforts but also all the other participants whose combined efforts made this meeting a great success.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Seed Research — Past, Present And Future....Pages 1-6
Use of Transgenic Plants for Studies of Seed-Specific Gene Expression....Pages 7-18
Impact of Simulated Drought Stress on Protein Body Cycle in Radicles of Developing and Germinating Cotton Seeds....Pages 19-28
Synthesis of Acid-Soluble, ABA-Inducible Proteins in Wheat Embryos from Dormant Grain....Pages 29-45
Hormones, Genetic Mutants and Seed Development....Pages 47-55
Membrane Behavior in Drought and Its Physiological Significance....Pages 57-69
The Basis of Recalcitrant Seed Behaviour....Pages 71-88
Phytin Synthesis and Deposition....Pages 89-108
Calcium-Regulated Metabolism in Seed Germination....Pages 109-125
Transport and Targeting of Proteins to Protein Storage Vacuoles (Protein Bodies) in Developing Seeds....Pages 127-138
Biochemical Adaptations to Anoxia in Rice and Echinochloa Seeds....Pages 139-150
Some Aspects of Metabolic Regulation of Seed Germination and Dormancy....Pages 151-163
Phytochrome and Sensitization in Germination Control....Pages 165-179
The Role of Light and Nitrate in Seed Germination....Pages 181-189
Water-Impermeable Seed Coverings as Barriers to Germination....Pages 191-205
Control of Germination and Early Development in Parasitic Angiosperms....Pages 207-223
Factors Eliciting the Germination of Photoblastic Kalanchoe Seeds....Pages 225-240
Factors Influencing the Efficacy of Dormancy-Breaking Chemicals....Pages 241-260
Physiological Mechanisms Involved in Seed Priming....Pages 261-267
Back Matter....Pages 269-280
Germination research towards the nineties: A Summary and Prognosis....Pages 289-295
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