Recent Advances in the Development and Germination of Seeds

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.