Basic and Applied Aspects of Seed Biology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. Development and Desiccation Tolerance of Seeds (Natural and Artificial)

   1. Desiccation Tolerance and Long Term Structural Stability

      • F. A. Hoekstra, W. F. Wolkers, J. Buitink, E. A. Golovina

      Pages 1-12

   2. Desiccation Tolerance in Immature Embryos of Maize: Sucrose, Raffinose and the ABA—Sucrose Relation

      • A. Bochicchio, P. Vernieri, S. Puliga, C. Murelli, C. Vazzana

      Pages 13-22

   3. DNA Status, Replication and Repair in Desiccation Tolerance and Germination

      • D. J. Osborne, I. I. Boubriak

      Pages 23-32

   4. The Role of Protein Biotinylation in the Development and Germination of Seeds

      • M. Duval, L. Dehaye, C. Alban, R. Derose, R. Douce, C. Job et al.

      Pages 33-43

   5. The Effect of Harvest Time and Drying on Dormancy and Storability in Beechnuts

      • K. A. Thomsen

      Pages 45-51

   6. Post-transcriptional Regulation of Storage Protein Synthesis during Early Embryogenesis

      • J. D. Bewley, S. K. Pramanik

      Pages 53-61

   7. Choice of the Matrix for Encapsulating and Dehydrating Carrot Somatic Embryos: Importance of the Rheology, the Desorption and the Diffusion Parameters

      • R. Timbert, J.-N. Barbotin, D. Thomas

      Pages 63-73

   8. Cryopreservation of Somatic Embryoids of Phoenix dactylifera

      • D. J. Mycock, P. Berjak, N. W. Pammenter, C. W. Vertucci

      Pages 75-82

   9. Patenting in the Seed World

      • L. Scott

      Pages 83-90

   10. From Encapsulated Somatic Embryo to Plantlet Regeneration

       • C. Bazinet, C. Dürr, G. Richard, J.-N. Barbotin

       Pages 91-94

   11. Raffinose Series Oligosaccharides and Desiccation Tolerance of Developing Viviparous Maize Embryos

       • P. Brenac, M. E. Smith, R. L. Obendorf

       Pages 95-101

   12. Morphological and Physiological Changes Associated with Desiccation in Maize Embryos

       • J. S. Burris, J. M. Peterson, A. J. Perdomo, D. S. Feng

       Pages 103-111

   13. Fertilization and Seed Formation of Cyclamen persicum Mill

       • A. Ewald, H.-G. Schwenkel

       Pages 113-118

   14. Galactosyl Cyclitols and Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides in Relation to Desiccation Tolerance of Pea and Soyabean Seedlings

       • R. J. Górecki, R. L. Obendorf

       Pages 119-128

   15. Maternal Effects on Callistephus chinensis Seed Yield and Quality

       • M. Grzesik, K. Górnik, M. G. Chojnowski

       Pages 129-135

   16. The Influence of JA-Me and ABA on Induction of Somatic Embryogenesis in Medicago sativa L. Tissue Cultures

       • J. Kepczynski, I. Florek

       Pages 137-140

   17. Ultrastructural and Chemical Characterization of Bulnesia Seeds

       • S. Maldonado, C. Lima, M. Etchart, V. Lainez, R. M. De Lederkremer

       Pages 141-152

   18. Role of Acyltransferases in the Effect of ABA and Osmoticum on Oil Deposition during Seed Development

       • R. Rodríguez-Sotres, F. Pacheco-Moisés, M. Black

       Pages 153-158

3. Dormancy

   1. The Phytochrome Family and their Roles in the Regulation of Seed Germination

      • P. F. Devlin, K. Halliday, G. C. Whitelam

      Pages 159-171

The Fifth International Workshop on Seeds was held at the University of Reading, UK, from 10 to 15 September, 1995. Some 230 seed scientists, from a wide range of disciplines (botanists, biochemists, ecologists, agriculturalists, foresters, and commercial seedsmen), from 31 countries (Europe, the Americas, and Asia) participated in the workshop. A large number of oral and poster presentations was made during the workshop and we are pleased to publish so many of them in these Proceedings. The papers herein are listed by the sessions in which they were presented but, as is often the case, many papers cover a broader range of topics than the session titles imply. For seed physiologists, ecologists, and technologists, this book collates much of the current research on seeds.

• biology
• development
• ecophysiology
• paper
• physiology

` ... very well written and illustrated. This book can be recommended for the practical workers, scientist and student conderned with seed and with seed testing.'
Journal of Plant Physiology, 152 (1998)

• Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Reading, UK

  R. H. Ellis, A. J. Murdoch, T. D. Hong

• Division of Biosphere Science, King’s College London, London, UK

  M. Black

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