Handbook of Seed Physiology Applications to Agriculture

• About the Editor
  
• Contributors
  
• Preface
  
• SECTION I: GERMINATION IN THE SOIL AND STAND ESTABLISHMENT
  
• Chapter 1. Seedbed Preparation—The Soil Physical Environment of Germinating Seeds (Amos Hadas)
  
• Introduction
  
• Environmental Requirements of Germinating Seed
  
• Soil Environment—Physical Aspects
  
• Seedbed Preparation, Characterization of Seedbed Attributes, and Seedbed Environment Conditions and Seed Germination
  
• Water Uptake by Seeds and Seedlings
  
• Seed-Soil Water Relationships
  
• Modeling Seed Germination and Seedbed Physical Attributes
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 2. The Use of Population-Based Threshold Models to Describe and Predict the Effects of Seedbed Environment on Germination and Seedling Emergence of Crops (William E. Finch-Savage)
  
• Introduction
  
• Imbibition
  
• Germination
  
• Other Germination Models
  
• Postgermination Seedling Growth
  
• Threshold Models: Prediction of Germination and Emergence Patterns in the Field
  
• Summary and Conclusions
  
• Appendix
  
• Chapter 3. Seed and Agronomic Factors Associated with Germination Under Temperature and Water Stress (Mark A. Bennett)
  
• Introduction
  
• Seed Coats
  
• Seed Size
  
• Seed Water Uptake
  
• Radicle Emergence and Root System Development
  
• Genetic Links to Germination Temperature Limits
  
• Seed Production and Seed Vigor
  
• Sowing Depths and Planter Technology
  
• Tillage Systems and Soil Structure Effects
  
• Interactions with Seed Treatments and Other Crop Protection Chemicals
  
• Screening Protocols for Germination Tolerance to Low Temperature and Water Stress
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 4. Methods to Improve Seed Performance in the Field (Peter Halmer)
  
• Introduction
  
• Changing Seed Form and Lot Composition
  
• Physiological Enhancement
  
• Physiological Responses to Enhancement
  
• Ecological Aspects of Seed Hydration
  
• Conclusions and Future Directions
  
• SECTION II: DORMANCY AND THE BEHAVIOR OF CROP AND WEED SEEDS
  
• Chapter 5. Inception, Maintenance, and Termination of Dormancy in Grain Crops: Physiology, Genetics, and Environmental Control (Roberto L. Benech-Arnold)
  
• Introduction
  
• Physiology of Dormancy in the Cereal Grain
  
• Physiology of Dormancy in the Sunflower Seed
  
• The Expression of Dormancy in Grain Crops
  
• Removing Dormancy at an Industrial Scale
  
• Genetics and Molecular Biology of Dormancy in Grain Crops
  
• Environmental Control of Dormancy in Grain Crops
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 6. Preharvest Sprouting of Cereals (Gary M. Paulsen and Andrew S. Auld)
  
• Introduction
  
• The Preharvest Sprouting Process
  
• Physiological Control of Preharvest Sprouting
  
• Quality of Products from Sprouted Cereals
  
• Measurement of Preharvest Sprouting
  
• Controlling Sprouting by Breeding
  
• Controlling Sprouting in the Field
  
• Chapter 7. The Exit from Dormancy and the Induction of Germination: Physiological and Molecular Aspects (Rodolfo A. Sánchez and R. Alejandra Mella)
  
• Introduction
  
• The Effects of Light Photoreceptors
  
• Embryo Growth Potential
  
• Endosperm Weakening
  
• Termination of Dormancy: Its Relationship with the Synthesis and Signaling of Gibberellins and ABA
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 8. Modeling Changes in Dormancy in Weed Soil Seed Banks: Implications for the Prediction of Weed Emergence (Diego Batlla, Betina Claudia Kruk, and Roberto L. Benech-Arnold)
  
• Introduction
  
• Dormancy: Definitions and Classification
  
• How Is Dormancy Level Expressed?
  
• Environmental Factors Affecting Dormancy Level of Seed Populations
  
• Factors That Terminate Dormancy
  
• Conceptualizing the System with Modeling Purposes
  
• Modeling Dormancy Changes in Weed Seed Banks As Affected by the Environment
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• SECTION III: SEED LONGEVITY AND STORAGE
  
• Chapter 9. Orthodox Seed Deterioration and Its Repair (Miller B. McDonald)
  
• Introduction
  
• The First Seed
  
• Seed Deterioration
  
• Mechanisms of Orthodox Seed Deterioration
  
• Free Radical Production
  
• Free Radicals and Their Effects on Lipids
  
• How Do Free Radicals Cause Lipid Peroxidation?
  
• What Is the Influence of Seed Moisture Content on Free Radical Assault?
  
• Do Free Radicals Attack Only Lipids?
  
• Why Suspect Free Radical Attack on Mitochondria?
  
• How Are Seeds Protected Against Free Radical Attack?
  
• Raffinose Oligosaccharides and Their Protective Role
  
• Repair of Seed Damage
  
• Model of Seed Deterioration and Repair During Priming/Hydration
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 10. Recalcitrant Seeds (Patricia Berjak and Norman W. Pammenter)
  
• Seed Characteristics—The Broad Picture
  
• Seed Behavior
  
• The Suite of Interacting Processes and Mechanisms Involved in Desiccation Tolerance
  
• Drying Rate and Causes of Damage in Recalcitrant Seeds
  
• SECTION IV: INDUSTRIAL QUALITY OF SEEDS
  
• Chapter 11. Processing Quality Requirements for Wheat and Other Cereal Grains (Colin W. Wrigley and Ferenc Bekes)
  
• Introduction
  
• The Range of Grain Species Used Industrially
  
• Cereal Grains and Our Diet
  
• Uses of Cereal Grains
  
• Wheat-Grain Quality Traits: A Molecular Basis
  
• Grain Hardness
  
• Starch Properties
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 12. Grain Quality in Oil Crops (Leonardo Velasco, Begoña Pérez-Vich, and José M. Fernández-Martínez)
  
• Introduction
  
• Components of Grain Quality in Oil Crops and Factors Influencing Them
  
• Oil Quality
  
• Meal Quality
  
• Breeding and Production Strategies
  
• Chapter 13. The Malting Quality of Barley (Roxana Savin, Valeria S. Passarella, and José Luis Molino-Cano)
  
• Introduction
  
• Grain Structural Components That Affect Malting Quality
  
• Genotypic and Environmental Factors Affecting Malting Quality
  
• Achieving Barley-Grain Quality Targets
  
• Conclusions
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

Biography

Roberto Benech-Arnold, Rodolfo Sanchez