Germination Control. Metabolism, and Pathology

Download or read book Germination Control. Metabolism, and Pathology written by T.T. Kozlowski and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seed Biology, Volume II: Germination Control, Metabolism, and Pathology is a part of a three-volume treatise, which aims to bring together a large body of important information on seed biology. Organized into five chapters, this book begins with a discussion on environmental control of germination and its biological significance. Separate chapters follow that discuss physiology and metabolism of seeds with specific dormancy and anomalous storage history, as well as those germinated under abnormal conditions. This work will be useful to various groups of research biologists and teachers, including agronomists, plant anatomists, biochemists, ecologists, entomologists, foresters, horticulturists, plant pathologists, and plant physiologists.