Bradford / Nonogaki Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 27, Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination

1., Volume 27
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7327-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Annual Plant Reviews

The formation, dispersal and germination of seeds are crucialstages in the life cycles of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants. Theunique properties of seeds, particularly their tolerance todesiccation, their mobility, and their ability to schedule theirgermination to coincide with times when environmental conditionsare favorable to their survival as seedlings, have no doubtcontributed significantly to the success of seed-bearing plants.Humans are also dependent upon seeds, which constitute the majorityof the world's staple foods (e.g., cereals and legumes).Seeds are an excellent system for studying fundamentaldevelopmental processes in plant biology, as they develop from asingle fertilized zygote into an embryo and endosperm, inassociation with the surrounding maternal tissues. As genetic andmolecular approaches have become increasingly powerful tools forbiological research, seeds have become an attractive system inwhich to study a wide array of metabolic processes and regulatorysystems.
Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination provides acomprehensive overview of seed biology from the point of view ofthe developmental and regulatory processes that are involved in thetransition from a developing seed through dormancy and intogermination and seedling growth. It examines the complexity of theenvironmental, physiological, molecular and genetic interactionsthat occur through the life cycle of seeds, along with the conceptsand approaches used to analyze seed dormancy and germinationbehavior. It also identifies the current challenges and remainingquestions for future research. The book is directed at plantdevelopmental biologists, geneticists, plant breeders, seedbiologists and graduate students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bradford, Kent

Nonogaki, Hiro

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Genetic Control of Seed Development and Seed Mass.
Masa-aki Ohto1, Sandra L. Stone2 and John J. Harada2.
1Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and 2Section 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. Allen1, Roberto L. Benech-Arnold2, Diego Batlla2 and Kent J. Bradford3.
1Department of Plant & Animal Sciences, Brigham Young University, 275 WIDB, Provo, UT 84602-5253, USA; 2IFEVA-Cátedra de Cerealicultura, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires/CONICET,Av. San Martín 4453, 1417 Buenos Aires, Argentina; 3Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8780, USA .
Chapter 5. Genetic Aspects of Seed Dormancy.
Leonie Bentsink1, Wim Soppe2 and Maarten Koornneef2,3.
1Department 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 3Laboratory 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. Bethke1, Igor G.L. Libourel2 and Russell L. Jones1.
1Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA and 2Department 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 Nonogaki1, Feng Chen2 and Kent J. Bradford3.
1Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; 2Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-4561, USA; 3Seed 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.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Kent Bradford, Director, Seed Biotechnology Center,University of California, Davis, USA.
Dr Hiroyuki Nonogaki, Department of Horticulture, Oregon StateUniversity, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.