Recent Advances in the Development and Germination of Seeds.
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Raymond B Taylorson
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer US
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1990
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(292 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Recent Advances in the Development and Germination of Seeds; Editor's page; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; SEED RESEARCH --;PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE; USE OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS FOR STUDIES OF SEED-SPECIFIC GENE EXPRESSION; IMPACT OF SIMULATED DROUGHT STRESS ON PROTEIN BODY CYCLE IN RADICLES OF DEVELOPING AND GERMINATING COTTON SEEDS; SYNTHETIC SEED FOR CLONAL PRODUCTION OF CROP PLANTS1; SYNTHESIS OF ACID-SOLUBLE, ABA-INDUCIBLE PROTEINS IN WHEAT EMBRYOS FROM DORMANT GRAIN; HORMONES, GENETIC MUTANTS AND SEED DEVELOPMENT; MEMBRANE BEHAVIOR IN DROUGHT AND ITS PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE BASIS OF RECALCITRANT SEED BEHAVIOUR Cell Biology of the Homoiohydrous Seed ConditionPHYTIN SYNTHESIS AND DEPOSITION; CALCIUM-REGULATED METABOLISM IN SEED GERMINATION; TRANSPORT AND TARGETING OF PROTEINS TO PROTEIN STORAGE VACUOLES(PROTEINS BODIES) IN DEVELOPING SEEDS; BIOCHEMICAL ADAPTATIONS TO ANOXIA IN RICE AND ECHINOCHLOA SEEDS; SOME ASPECTS OF METABOLIC REGULATION OF SEED GERMINATION AND DORMANCY; PHYTOCHROME AND SENSITIZATION IN GERMINATION CONTROL; THE ROLE OF LIGHT AND NITRATE IN SEED GERMINATION; WATER-IMPERMEABLE SEED COVERINGS AS BARRIERS TO GERMINATION. CONTROL OF GERMINATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT IN PARASITIC ANGIOSPERMSFACTORS ELICITING THE GERMINATION OF PHOTOBLASTIC KALANCHOE SEEDS; FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EFFICACY OF DORMANCY-BREAKING CHEMICALS1; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN SEED PRIMING; GERMINATION RESEARCH TOWARDS THE NINETIES: A SUMMARY AND PROGNOSIS; INDEX.