Seed Development and Germination

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Jaime Kigel
Routledge, Nov 1, 2017 - Science - 872 pages
This text is intended for plant physiologists, molecular biologists, biochemists, biotechnologists, geneticists, horticulturalists, agromnomists and botanists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. It integrates advances in the diverse and rapidly-expanding field of seed science, from ecological and demographic aspects of seed production, dispersal and germination, to the molecular biology of seed development. The book offers a broad, multidisciplinary approach that covers both theoretical and applied knowledge.
 

Contents

Preface
Synthesis and Accumulation
Cereal Seed Storage Proteins
Legume Storage Proteins
Regulation of Seed Storage Protein Gene Expression
Starch Synthesis in Seeds
Lipid Biosynthesis in Developing Seeds
Cell and Molecular Biology of Seed Oil Bodies
Environmental Maternal Effects on Seed Quality and Germination
Ecology of Seed Banks
Dormancy Cycles
Modeling Weed Seed Germination
Germination of Weedy Root Parasites
Seed Germination and SeedBank Ecology in Halophytes
Allelopathy Autotoxicity and Germination
Seed Germination in Arid and Semiarid Regions

Mechanisms and Regulation of Mineral Nutrient Storage During Seed
From Seed Development to Germination
Regulatory Mechanisms in the Transition from Seed Development
Hormonal Regulation of Seed Development Dormancy and Germination
Water Relations in Seed Germination
Control of Seed Germination and Dormancy by the Gaseous Environment
Intracellular Transport and Secretion of Seed Proteins
Carbohydrate Degradation During Germination
Ecology of Germination
Technological Advances
The Implications of SeedAssociated Mycoflora During Storage
Biochemical Processes During the Osmopriming of Seeds
Improving Protein Quality in Seeds
Synthesis and Accumulation of the Essential Amino Acids Lysine
A Model for the Development of
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