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ISBN: 9781405139830
ISBN10: 1405139838

Publication Dates
USA: Feb 2007
Rest of World: Jan 2007
Australia: Mar 2007
 
SEED DEVELOPMENT, DORMANCY AND GERMINATION
Edited by Professor Kent Bradford, Director, Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, Davis, USA, and Dr Hiroyuki Nonogaki, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
 
Table of contents

Chapter 1
Genetic Control of Seed Development and Seed Mass
Masa-aki Ohto
(1), Sandra L. Stone (2) and John J. Harada (2)
(1) Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and
(2) Section of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA

Chapter 2
Seed Coat Development and Dormancy
Isabelle Debeaujon, Loïc Lepiniec, Lucille Pourcel and Jean-Marc Routaboul
Laboratoire de Biologie des Semences, Unité Mixte de Recherche 204 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, 78026 Versailles, France

Chapter 3
Definitions and Hypotheses of Seed Dormancy
Henk W.M. Hilhorst
Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Arboretumlaan 4, 6703 BD, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Chapter 4
Modeling of Seed Dormancy
Phil S. Allen
(1), Roberto L. Benech-Arnold (2), Diego Batlla (2) and Kent J. Bradford (3)
(1) Department of Plant & Animal Sciences, Brigham Young University, 275 WIDB, Provo, UT 84602-5253, USA;  (2) IFEVA-Cátedra de Cerealicultura, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires/CONICET,Av. San Martín 4453, 1417 Buenos Aires, Argentina;  (3) Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8780, USA

Chapter 5
Genetic Aspects of Seed Dormancy
Leonie Bentsink
(1), Wim Soppe (2) and Maarten Koornneef (2,3)
(1) Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;  (2) Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany; and (3) Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University, Arboretumlaan 4, 6703 BD Wageningen, The Netherlands

Chapter 6
Lipid Metabolism in Seed Dormancy
Steven Penfield, Helen Pinfield-Wells and Ian A. Graham
Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, UK.

Chapter 7
Nitric Oxide in in Seed Dormancy and Germination
Paul C. Bethke
(1), Igor G.L. Libourel (2) and Russell L. Jones (1)
(1) Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA and (2) Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

Chapter 8
A Merging of Paths: Abscisic Acid and Hormonal Cross-talk in the Control of Seed Dormancy Maintenance and Alleviation
J. Allan Feurtado and Allison R. Kermode
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6

Chapter 9
Regulation of ABA and GA Levels during Seed Development and Germination in Arabidopsis
Shinjiro Yamaguchi, Yuji Kamiya and Eiji Nambara
Plant Science Center, RIKEN, Growth Physiology Group, Laboratory for Cellular Growth & Development, 1-7-22 Suehirocho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan

Chapter 10
De-repression of Seed Germination by GA Signaling
Camille M. Steber
U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and Department of Crop and Soil Science and Graduate Program in Molecular Plant Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, USA

Chapter 11
Mechanisms and Genes Involved in Germination Sensu Stricto
Hiroyuki Nonogaki
(1), Feng Chen (2) and Kent J. Bradford (3)
(1) Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA;
(2) Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-4561, USA;
(3) Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8780, USA

Chapter 12
Sugar and Abscisic Acid Regulation of Germination and Transition to Seedling Growth
Bas J.W. Dekkers and Sjef C.M. Smeekens
Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands

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