Germination Control. Metabolism, and Pathology

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Other Volumes


1 Environmental Control of Seed Germination

I. Environmental Control of Germination and Its Biological Significance

II. Environmental Indicators and Plant Perception

III. Immediate Responses

IV. Postmaturation Conditioning

V. Prematuration Conditioning

References


2 Metabolism of Germinating Seeds

I. Introduction

II. Present State of Knowledge

III. Basal Metabolism

IV. Specific Metabolic Processes

V. Epilogue

References


3 Seed Dormancy

I. Introduction

II. Development of the Dormant State

III. Physiology of Dormancy

IV. Biochemistry of Dormancy

V. Cytology of Dormant Embryos

VI. Inheritance of Dormancy

References


4 Physiological and Biochemical Deterioration of Seeds

I. Introduction

II. Indices for Measuring Deterioration

III. Physiological Manifestations of Seed Deterioration

IV. Biochemical Manifestations of Seed Deterioration

V. Application of Physiological and Biochemical Changes for Evaluating Deterioration

VI. Concluding Remarks

References


5 Seed Pathology

I. Seed Transmission of Pathogens

II. Nontransmissible Pathological Conditions

References

Author Index

Subject Index