Dormancy in Plants

by Viemont, J. D.; Crabbe, J.

• ISBN13: 9780851994475
• ISBN10: 0851994474
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-12
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

Understanding plant dormancy is of great importance to sustainable and efficient plant and crop growth. This book had developed from papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Plant Dormancy held in Angers in July 1999. It contains up to date research material on this fascinating but little written about subject and is essential reading for those studying and researching plant and seed science.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
Part I: Whole Plant and Organ Physiology
Growth Cycle and Dormancy in Plants	1	(22)
H. Okubo
Bud Dormancy: a Suggestion for the Control Mechanism and its Evolution	23	(12)
A. Erez
The Distinct Controlling of Dormancy Release and Germination Commencement in Seeds	35	(12)
N.V. Obroucheva
O.V. Antipova
Sugar Metabolism in Apple Embryos	47	(10)
S. Lewak
R. Bogatek
B. Zarska-Maciejewska
Population Responses to Temperature for Loss and Induction of Seed Dormancy and Consequences for Predictive Empirical Modelling	57	(12)
A.J. Murdoch
L. Sonko
E. Kebreab
Pre-treatment at Controlled Seed Moisture Content as an Effective Means to Break Dormancy in Tree Seeds	69	(18)
M.P.M. Derkx
Part II: Water Relations and Stress
Organismic and Environmental Controls of Bud Growth in Tropical Trees	87	(22)
R. Borchert
Water Relations in Winter: Effect on Bud Break of Walnut Tree	109	(12)
T. Ameglio
A. Guilliot
A. Lacointe
J.L. Julien
G. Alves
V. Valentin
G. Petel
Morphological Structure and Water Status in Tulip Bulbs during their Transition from Dormancy to Active Growth: Visualization by Magnetic Resonance Imaging	121	(18)
R. Kamenetsky
H. Zemah
A. van der Toorn
H. Van As
P. Bendel
Seed Dormancy as One of the Survival Strategies in Annual Plant Species Occurring in Deserts	139	(22)
Y. Gutterman
Seasonally Regulated Proteins in Peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch): What Are They and What Do They Do?	161	(12)
M. Wisniewski
R. Arora
Part III: Abscisic Acid and Hormonal Control
Aspects of ABA and Fusicoccin Signal Transduction in Barley Grains: I Effect of Fusicoccin on ABA-induced Gene Expression in Embryo and Aleurone; II Spatial and Temporal Expression of 14-3-3 Proteins in Dormant Embryos	173	(10)
C. Testerink
R.M. van der Meulen
M. Wang
Dormancy of Cereal Seeds as Related to Embryo Sensitivity to ABA and Water Potential	183	(12)
F. Corbineau
D. Come
Abscisic Acid Control of Seed Dormancy Expression in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia and Arabidopsis thaliana	195	(16)
M. Jullien
D. Bouinot
S. Ali-Rachedi
B. Sotta
P. Grappin
The Role of Endogenous Hormones in Potato Tuber Dormancy	211	(16)
J.C. Suttle
Role of ABA, Gibberellins and Auxin in Dormancy and Dormancy Release of Tulip Bulbs	227	(18)
M. Saniewski
L. Kawa-Miszczak
E. Wegrzynowicz-Lesiak
H. Okubo
Part IV: Biochemical and Cellular Aspects
ATP, ADP and NTP Contents in Vegetative and Floral Peach Buds During Winter: Are They Useful for Characterizing the Type of Dormancy?	245	(14)
M. Bonhomme
R. Rageau
M. Gendraud
Alcohols that Break Seed Dormancy: the Anaesthetic Hypothesis, Dead or Alive?	259	(16)
M.A. Cohn
H.W.M. Hilhorst
Are Cellular Membranes Involved in the Control of Seed Dormancy?	275	(16)
H.W.M. Hilhorst
M.A. Cohn
Intercellular Communication Channels and Intracellular Calcium Levels Involved in the Dormancy Development of Poplar (Populus deltoides) Plants	291	(22)
L.-C. Jian
J.-H. Li
P.H. Li
T.H.H. Chen
The Developmental Basis of Bud Dormancy in 1-year-old Picea and Pseudotsuga Seedlings	313	(6)
J.E. MacDonald
Part V: Genetics and Molecular Biology
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Bud Dormancy-related Traits in Populus	319	(12)
T.H.H. Chen
J. Davis
B.E. Frewen
G.T. Howe
H.D. bradshaw, Jr
Regulation of Growth and Dormancy in Pea Axillary Buds	331	(16)
J.P. Stafstrom
Expression of Endo--mannanase and SNF-related Protein Kinase Genes in True Potato Seeds in Relation to Dormancy, Gibberellin and Abscisic Acid	347	(18)
V. Alvarado
H. Nonogaki
K.J. Bradford
The Genetics of Seed Dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana	365	(10)
M. Koornneef
C. Alonso-Blanco
L. Bentsink
H. Blankestijn-de Vries
I. Debeaujon
C.J. Hanhart
K.M. Leon-Kloosterziel
A.J.M. Peeters
V. Raz
Index	375