Basic and Applied Aspects of Seed Biology

1. Dormancy

   1. The Effect of Molybdenum on Seed Dormancy

      • A. L. P. Cairns, A. T. Modi, A. K. Cowan, J. H. Kritzinger

      Pages 173-180

   2. Moisture Content Controls the Effectiveness of Dormancy Breakage in Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach Seeds

      • M. Jensen

      Pages 181-190

   3. Primary Dormancy in Tomato. Further Studies with the sitiens Mutant

      • H. W. M. Hilhorst

      Pages 191-201

   4. Seed Dormancy and Responses of Seeds to Phytohormones in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia

      • M. Jullien, D. Bouinot

      Pages 203-214

   5. ABA Involvement in the Psychrolabile Dormancy of Fagus Embryo

      • M. T. Le Page-Degivry, P. Barthe, J. Bianco, G. Garello

      Pages 215-224

   6. Abscisic Acid-Mediated Responses in Seeds Involving Protein Kinases and Phosphatases

      • S. D. Verhey, M. K. Walker-Simmons

      Pages 225-233

   7. Dormancy in Sitka Spruce Seeds

      • S. K. Jones, P. G. Gosling, R. H. Ellis

      Pages 235-244

   8. The Influence of Embryo Restraint During Dormancy Loss and Germination of Fraxinus excelsior Seeds

      • W. E. Finch-Savage, H. A. Clay

      Pages 245-253

   9. Molecular Changes Associated with Dormancy-breakage in Douglas Fir Tree Seeds

      • S. B. Jarvis, M. A. Taylor, H. V. Davies

      Pages 255-260

   10. The Involvement of Microbes and Enzymes in the Pretreatment of Woody Seeds to Overcome Dormancy

       • D. R. Morpeth, A. M. Hall, F. J. Cullum

       Pages 261-267

   11. Dormancy Breaking and Short-term Storage of Pretreated Fagus sylvatica Seeds

       • M. P. M. Derkx, M. K. Joustra

       Pages 269-278

   12. Germination Requirements and Dormancy in Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill. Populations

       • K. H. Chorlton, A. H. Marshall, I. D. Thomas

       Pages 279-287

   13. QSAR Modelling of Dormancy-Breaking Chemicals

       • M. A. Cohn

       Pages 289-295

   14. Natural Far Red Irradiation and Weed Seed Persistence in the Soil

       • A. Doroszewski

       Pages 297-302

   15. Effect of Ethephon on Dormancy Breaking in Beechnuts

       • E. Falleri, C. Muller, E. Laroppe

       Pages 303-309

   16. Endogenous Gibberellins and Dormancy in Beechnuts

       • H. Fernandez, P. Doumas, E. Falleri, C. Muller, M. Bonnet-Masimbert

       Pages 311-321

   17. Molecular Approach to the Role of ABA and GA₃ in the Dormancy of Fagus sylvatica Seeds

       • G. Nicolás, C. Nicolás, D. Rodríguez

       Pages 323-333

   18. Controlled Stratification of Prunus avium L. Seeds

       • A. Nowag, H. Pinnow, W. Spethmann

       Pages 335-338

   19. Studies on the Persistence of Rape Seeds (Brassica napus L.), Emphasizing their Response to Light

       • C. Pekrun, F. López-Granados, P. J. W. Lutman

       Pages 339-347

2. Germination and Vigour

   1. The Hydrotime Concept in Seed Germination and Dormancy

      • K. J. Bradford

      Pages 349-360

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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