Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Basic and Applied Aspects of Seed Biology

Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Seeds, Reading, 1995

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1997

Overview

Editors:
  1. R. H. Ellis

    1. Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Reading, UK

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. M. Black

    1. Division of Biosphere Science, King’s College London, London, UK

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. A. J. Murdoch

    1. Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Reading, UK

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  4. T. D. Hong

    1. Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Reading, UK

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture (PSBA, volume 30)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 429.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 549.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 549.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (90 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
    Download chapter PDF

  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
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

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.

Reviews

` ... 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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Basic and Applied Aspects of Seed Biology

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Seeds, Reading, 1995

  • Editors: R. H. Ellis, M. Black, A. J. Murdoch, T. D. Hong

  • Series Title: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5716-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4363-9Published: 28 February 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6410-1Published: 22 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5716-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-1949

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 826

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation