Recent Advances in the Development and Germination of Seeds

These Proceedings are a product of the International Workshop on Seeds held in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, at the College of William and Mary, during the week of August 6-11, 1989. Sixty-eight participants attended. The location provided a scenic and historical setting for the excellent work presented. Good facilities and amenities also contributed to the success of the meeting. The Proceedings present the substance of the main lectures given at this meeting. In addition, there were 29 brief paper presentations and 30 poster presentations which have been summarized in abstract form in a separate publication. This meeting represents the third such meeting of a diverse group of scientists interested in the behavior of seeds, both in an agricultural sense and as tools for the advancement of more particular s~bject matter. The first meeting was held in Jerusalem, Israel in 1980 and the second in Wageningen, The Netherlands in 1985. A fourth meeting is being planned. The Editor and Organizer wishes to thank not only the contributors to this volume for their efforts but also all the other participants whose combined efforts made this meeting a great success.

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Proceeding of the Third International Workshop sponsored by NATO held at Williamsburg, Virginia, August 6-12, 1989

Inhalt
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 Plants.- 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 Condition.- Phytin Synthesis and Deposition.- Calcium-Regulated Metabolism in Seed Germination.- Transport and Targeting of Proteins to Protein Storage Vacuoles (Protein 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 Angiosperms.- Factors Eliciting the Germination of Photoblastic Kalanchoe Seeds.- Factors Influencing the Efficacy of Dormancy-Breaking Chemicals.- Physiological Mechanisms Involved in Seed Priming.- Germination Research Towards the Nineties: A Summary and Prognosis.