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Readership

Seed science, plant physiology and biochemistry.

Main Contents

SECTION I OPENING PRESENTATIONS

• Travels With Seeds: a Cartography of Seed Science, M Black
• Protein Synthesis in Seed Germination, E Sánchez de Jiménez

• bZIP and DOF Transcription Factors in the Regulation of Gene Expression in Barley Endosperm, P Carbonero et al.
• Impact of Amphiphile Partitioning on Desiccation Tolerance, F A Hoekstra et al.
• Unravelling the Responses of Metabolism to Dehydration Points to a Role for Cytoplasmic Viscosity in Desiccation Tolerance, O Leprince, et al.
• Soluble Sugars in Maturing Pea Seeds of Different Lines in Relation to Desiccation Tolerance, R J Górecki et al.
• The Role of Stachyose Synthase in the Oligosaccharide Metabolism of Legume Seeds, A Richter, et al.
• Compartmentation of Abscisic Acid in Developing Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) Seeds, G E Welbaum, et al.
• Involvement of ABA and GAs in the Regulation of Dormancy in Developing Sorghum Seeds, R Benech-Arnold, et al.
• Irrigation and Seed Quality Development in Rapid-Cycling Brassica, R H Ellis, et al.
• Molecular Genetic Analysis of Arabidopsis Seed Quality, S P C Groot, et al.
• Analysis of the Cell Cycle in Sugar Beet Seed During Development, Maturation and Germination, E Sliwinska
• Phospheonolpyruvate Carboxylase and Pyruvate Kinase in Assimilate Partitioning in Maize Embryos, R Rodríguez-Sotres, et al.

• Effects of Seed Ageing on the Enzymic Antioxidant System of Maize Cultivars, I Bernal-Lugo, et al.
• Towards the ex situ Conservation of Aquatic Angiosperms: A Review of Seed Storage Behaviour, F Hay, et al.
• Treatment of Immature Embryos of Maize With Water Reduces Their Storability and Desiccation Tolerance, A Bochicchio, et al.
• Maillard Reactions Cause Browning in Bean Seed coats During Ageing: Inhibition by Aminoguanidine, A G Taylor, et al.
• Effects of Desiccation on the Subcellular Matrix of the Embryonic Axes of Quercus robur, D J Mycock, et al.
• Loss of Viability in Rye Embryos at Different Levels of Hydration, I Boubriak, et al.
• The Effect of Drying Rate on Recalcitrant Seeds, N W Pammenter, et al.
• Conservation of Genetic Resources Naturally Occurring as Recalcitrant Seeds, P Berjak, et al.

• Gene Expression Prior to Radicle Emergence in Imbibed Tomato Seeds (Conference Lecture), K J Bradford, et al.
• Characterization of Germination-Related Genes in Avena fatua Seeds, R Johnson
• Cell Cycle Control During Maize Germination, J M Vázquez-Ramos
• Recent Advances in ABA-Regulated Gene Expression in Cereal Seeds: Regulation by PKABA1 Protein Kinases, M K Walker-Simmons
• Lettuce Endosperm Weakening: a Role for Endo-ß-Mannanase in Seed Germination at High Temperature, D J Cantiliffe, et al.
• Effect of Free Mg2+ on the Kinetics of the Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase from Dry and Hydrated Maize Embryos, S Sánchez-Nieto, et al.
• The Barley Scutellar Peptide Transporter: Relationship to Germination and Loss of Seed Viability, W M Waterworth, et al.
• Molecular Cloning and Possible Role of an Asparaginyl Endopeptidase (REP-2) from Germinated Rice Seeds, H Kato et al.
• Metabolism of Essential Oils During Inhibition of Wheat Seed Germination, N Dudai, et al.

• Genetic Model for Dormancy in Wild Oat, M E Foley
• Characterization and Expression of Two Protein Kinase and an EIN3-Like Genes in Dormant Fagus Seeds, O Lorenzo, et al.
• Effects Of Fusicoccin and Gibberellic Acid on Germination and a-Amylase Expression in Barley Grains, R M van der Meulen, et al.
• Smoke and Germination of Arable and Rangeland Weeds, S W Adkins, et al.

• Intermittent Germination: Causes and Ecological Implications, P B Cavers, et al.
• Seed Ecology at the Northern Limit of the Tropical Rain Forest in America, C Vázquez-Yanes, et al.
• Genotypic and Phenotypic Germination Survival Strategies of Ecotypes and Species in the Negev Desert, Y Gutterman
• Hydrothermal Time as a Tool in Comparative Germination Studies, P S Allen, et al.
• Emergent Weedy Foxtail (Setaria spp) Seed Germinability Behaviour, J Dekker

• Biotechnological Applications of Seed Biology, D J Murphy
• Manipulating Starch Quality in Seeds: a Genetic Approach, T L Wang, et al.
• Identification of Germination-Specific Protein Markers and their Use in Seed Priming Technology, D Job, et al.
• A Critical Assessment of the Role of Oligosaccharides on Intracellular Glass Stability, J Buitink et al.
• Improvement of Tomato Seed Germination by Osmopriming as Related to Energy Metabolism, F Corbineau et al.
• Bio-osmopriming Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Seeds for Improved Seedling Establishment, J E Warren et al.
• Use of Threshold Germination Models Under Variable Field Conditions, W E Finch-Savage, et al.

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