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Volume 8 1-74 |
September 1998 |
ISSN: 0960-2585 |
Ultra-Dry Seed Storage
Guest Editor: Christina Walters
CAB INTERNATIONAL
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SEED |
Seed Science Research provides an international vehicle for the publication or original papers and review articles on the fundamental aspects of seed research. The emphasis is on the physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology and ecology of seeds, covering the following key topics:
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· germination |
· longevity |
· seed-soil and seed-animal
interactions |
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· dormancy |
· vigour |
· computer modelling |
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· ecophysiology |
· establishment |
· chemical and structural
defences |
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· reserve mobilization |
· seed and embryo
development |
· biotechnology |
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· viability |
· maturation |
· physiology of seed
pathology |
Editor
Professor M. Black
Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, Campden
Hill Road, London, W8 7AH, UK
Tel: +44 (0)171 333 4212 Fax: +44 (0)171 333 4500 Email:
michael.black@kd.ac.uk
Associate Editors
M.A. Cohn, Louisiana State University Agricultural
Center, Baton Rouge, USA K.
Thompson, University of Sheffield, UK
Editorial Board
J.M. Baskin, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
J.D. Bewley, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
K.J. Bradford, University of California, Davis, USA
CM. Bray, University of Manchester, UK
D. Côme, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
F. Corbineau, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
A. Cuming, University of Leeds, UK
M. Delseny, Université de Perpignan, France
R. Ellis, University of Reading, UK
M. Fenner, University of Southampton, UK
G.B. Fincher, University of Adelaide, Commonwealth Research Centre, Victoria, Australia
J. Greenwood, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
G. Hendry, University of Sheffield, UK
H.W.M. Hilhorst, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
R. Hill, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
A.C. Leopold, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
A. Mayer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
B. McKersie, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
T. Minamikawa, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
D. Osborne, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
R.J. Probert, Royal Botanic Gardens, West Sussex, UK
P. Schopfer, Biologisches Institut II der Universität, Freiburg, Germany
M.K. Walker-Simmons, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
C.W. Walters, National Seed Science Laboratory, Fort Collins, USA
T. Wang, John Innes Institute, Norwich, UK
© CAB INTERNATIONAL 1998. All rights
reserved.
Published by CAB INTERNATIONAL, Wallingford, UK: New York,
USA
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Seed Science Research is covered in the Science
Citation Index®, Current
Contents®/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental
Science, SciSearch®, Research
Alert®, BIOSIS® Database, CAB ABSTRACT, and
Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences |
Seed Science Research
Volume 8 1998
ISSN: 0960-2585
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Introductory Statement - Engels, J. & Engelmann, F.
The effects of storing seeds under extremely dry conditions - Walters, C. & Engels, J.
Longevity of seeds stored hermetically at low moisture contents - Ellis, R. H.
Ultra-dry technology: perspective from the National Seed Storage Laboratory, USA - Walters, C.
The effect of low water content on seed longevity - Hu, C., Zhang, Y., Tao, M., Hu, X. & Jiang, C.
The effect of ultra-dry methods and storage on vegetable seeds - Kong, X. H. & Zhang, H. Y.
Water sorption isotherms of seeds from ultradry experiments - Walters, C. & Hill, L.M.