Seeds: Biology, Development and Ecology

Hardback  496 pp  ISBN 9781845931971      £99.00

Of interest to students and researchers in seed science, plant physiology and biotechnology.

Contents

• Desiccation Tolerance in the -omics Era: New Tools for an Old Enigma?
• Recent Progress Towards the Understanding of Desiccation Tolerance
• Gene-expression in Relation to Seed Development and Longevity
• The Influence of Harvest Method on Seed Yield, Seed Size and Germination Capacity of Bulbine bulbosa (R. Br.) Haw. (Liliaceae)
• Alterations in Gene Expression and DNA During Loss and Re-establishment of Desiccation Tolerance in Germinating and Germinated Medicago truncatula Seeds.
• ASP53, a 53 kDa Cupin-containing Protein with a Dual Role: Storage Protein and Thermal Protectant
• Possible Involvement of Programmed Cell Death Events During Accelerated Ageing of Glycine max Axes
• Storage and Germination Response of Recalcitrant Seeds Subjected to Mild Dehydration
• Immunocytochemical Localisation of ß-1,3-Glucanase in Wet-stored Recalcitrant Seeds of Avicennia marina Infected by Fusarium moniliforme
• Seed Development Transporting into the Post-genomic Era
• Biogenesis of the Compound Seed Protein Storage Vacuole
• Embryo Development and Time of Cutting in Cool Temperate Carrot Seed Crops
• Seed Biotechnology: Translating Promise into Practice
• Stress Inducible Gene Expression and its Impact on Seed and Plant Performance: a Microarray Approach
• The Use of Proteome and Transcriptome Profiling in the Understanding of Seed Germination and Identification of Intrinsic Markers Determining Seed Quality, Germination Efficiency and Early Seedling Vigour
• A €Seed-GUS-Expression€ Enhancer-Trap Library for Germination Research
• Betaomics: a Combined Proteome and Transcriptome Profiling Approach to Characterize Seed Germination and Vigour in Sugarbeet Seeds
• Cell Cycle Activity, Membrane Integrity and Germination of Matriconditioned Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Seeds
• Are Dormant Seeds Lazy and Germinating Seeds Not?
• Emerging and Established Model Systems for Endosperm Weakening
• Dormancy Classification and Potential Dormancy-Breaking Cues for Shrub Species from Fire-Prone South-Eastern Australia
• QTLs, Epistasis, and Other Interactions Associated with Dormancy in Weedy Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
• Differences in the Lolium rigidum Embryo Proteome of Seeds with a High (Light-insensitive) and Low (Light-sensitive) Level of Dormancy
• Transcriptomic and Proteomic Profiling of FsPP2C1-overexpressing Arabidopsis Plants
• Constitutive Expression of a Fagus ABA-Induced PP2C (FsPP2C2) in Arabidopsis Suggests Interactions Between ABA and GAs in Seed Dormancy
• Nucleotide Triphosphate Synthesis and Energy Metabolism in Primary Dormant and Thermodormant Oat Seeds
• Dormancy and Germination in Eucalyptus globulus Seeds
• The Effect of Hydropriming on Germination Barriers in Triploid Watermelon Seeds
• Molecular Mechanisms of Protein Degradation in Germinating Seeds
• A Role for Reactive Oxygen Species in Endosperm Weakening
• Characterization of a Dioxygenase Gene with a Potential Role in Steps Leading to Germination of the Root Parasite Orobanche aegyptiaca
• Computer Imaging to Assess Seed Germination Performance
• Development of a Sequential Digital Imaging System for Evaluating Seed Germination
• Seed Quality and Germination
• Effects of Bean Seed Production Conditions on Germination and Hypocotyl Elongation Responses to Temperature and Water Potential
• A Model of Seed Dormancy in Wild Oats (Avena fatua) for Investigating Genotype x Environment Interactions
• Seed microRNA Research
• Temporal Fulfilment of the Light Requirement for Seed Germination: An Example of its Use in Management of Rare Species
• Assisted Natural Recovery Using a Forest Soil Propagule Bank in the Athabasca Oil Sands
• The Effect of Light Intensity on Seed Production and Quality in a Number of Australian Wild Oat (Avena fatua L.) Lines
• Seed Ecology of Apiaceae Weeds in Pyrethrum
• Plant Dispersal Strategies, Seed Bank Distribution and Germination of Negev Desert Species
• Seed Biology of Tropical Australian Plants