Handbook of Seed Physiology Applications to Agriculture by Roberto L. Benech Arnold and Rodolfo A. Sánchez
Introduction
Handbook of Seed Physiology: Applications to Agriculture provides a comprehensive view of seed biology and its role in crop performance. This book covers the various topics of seed physiology related to agriculture and industrial performance.
The book is divided into four sections that cover
germination and crop establishment, the effects of seed dormancy in crop
production and quality, seed longevity and conservation, and factors associated
with seed quality and industrial uses of seeds with
This book covers a significant portion of current research related to the quality of seeds for both propagation and utilization. There is a good mix of physiological, genetic, biochemical, and modeling approaches that are applied to seed development, dormancy, germination, and composition.
Major Chapters Covered
- Chapter 1. Seedbed Preparation—the Soil Physical Environment of Germinating Seeds
- 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
- Chapter 3. Seed and Agronomic Factors Associated with Germination under Temperature and Water Stress
- Chapter 4. Methods to Improve Seed Performance in the Field
- Chapter 5. Inception, Maintenance, and Termination of Dormancy in Grain Crops: Physiology, Genetics, and Environmental Control
- Chapter 6. Preharvest Sprouting of Cereals
- Chapter 7. The Exit from Dormancy and the Induction of Germination: Physiological and Molecular Aspects
- Chapter 8. Modeling Changes in Dormancy in Weed Soil Seed Banks: Implications for the Prediction of Weed Emergence
- Chapter 9. Orthodox Seed Deterioration and Its Repair
- Chapter 10. Recalcitrant Seeds
- Chapter 11. Processing Quality Requirements for Wheat and Other Cereal Grains
- Chapter 12. Grain Quality in Oil Crops
- Chapter 13. The Malting Quality of Barley
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