Basic and Applied Aspects of Seed Biology Proceedings of the Fifth I
The Fifth International Workshop on Seeds was held at the University of Reading, UK, from 10 to 15 September, 1995. Some 230 seed scientists, from a wide range of disciplines (botanists, biochemists, ecologists, agriculturalists, foresters, and commercial
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Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture VOLUME 30 Scientific Editor RJ. Summerfield, The University ofReading, Department ofAgriculture, P.O. Box 236, Reading RG6 2AT, Berkshire, UK Scientific Advisory Board B.K. Barton, Agracetus Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin, USA F.C. Cannon, University ofMassachusetts at Amherst. Amherst, Massachusetts, USA H.V. Davies, Scottish Crops Research Institute, Dundee, Scotland, UK J. Denecke, University ofYork, York, UK J. Hamblin, The University ofWestern Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia J. Lyman Snow, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA C.P. Meredith, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, USA J. Sprent, University ofDundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK D.P.S. Verma, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Aims and Scope The book series is intended for readers ranging from advanced students to senior research scientists and corporate directors interested in acquiring in-depth, state-of-the-art knowledge about research findings and techniques related to all aspects of agricultural biotechnology. Although the previous volumes in the series dealt with plant science and biotechnology, the aim is now to also include volumes dealing with animals science, food science and microbiology. While the subject matter will relate more particularly to agricultural applications, timely topics in basic science and biotechnology will also be explored. Some volumes will report progress in rapidly advancing disciplines through proceedings of symposia and workshops while others will detail fundamental information of an enduring nature that will be referenced repeatedly.
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Basic and Applied Aspects of Seed Biology Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Seeds, Fleading, 1995
Editors
R.H. ELLIS I , M. BLACK2 , A.J. MURDOCH I , T.D. HONG I
lDepartment of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Earley Gate, P.O. Box 236, Reading RG6 6AT, UK 2Division of Biosphere Science, King's College London, Campden Hill Road, London W8 7AH, UK
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SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.
ISBN 978-94-010-6410-1
ISBN 978-94-011-5716-2 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-5716-2
Printed on acid-free paper
All Rights Reserved © 1997 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1997 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover Ist edition 1997 No part ofthis publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, inc1uding photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.
Contents
Preface
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Unfinished business E.H Roberts
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SESSION I DEVELOPMENT AND DESICCATION TOLERANCE OF SEEDS (NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL) 1.
Desiccation tolerance and long term structural stability FA. Hoekstra, WF Wolkers, J. Buitink and E.A. Golovina
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2. Desiccation tolerance in immature
