The plant seed, development, preservation, and germination : the proceedings of a Symposium on the Development, Preservation, and Germination of the Plant Seed held at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, March 21-23, 1978

The Plant Seed: Development, Preservation, and Germination presents papers delivered on the symposium on plant seed, held at the University of Minnesota in 1978. The volume discusses the development, preservation, and germination of the plant seed. The topics of this compendium focus on various aspects of the plant seed. The first group of papers describes genetic, hormonal, and molecular events associated with seed development, with particular attention given to the molecular biology of storage protein formation; the second group of papers examines the physiological and genetic aspects of germplasm preservation. The final group of papers examines the molecular aspects of seed germination. The book will be of interest to botanists, biologists, plant breeders, plant physiologists, plant pathologists, and geneticists. Content: ACADEMIC PRESS RAPID MANUSCRIPT REPRODUCTION , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Contributors , Pages vii-viii Preface , Pages ix-x THE MAJOR STORAGE PROTEIN OF FRENCH BEAN SEEDS: CHARACTERIZATION IN VIVO AND TRANSLATION IN VITRO , Pages 3-26 , T.C. Hall, S.M. Sun, Y. Ma, R.C. McLeester, J.W. Pyne, F.A. Bliss, B.U. Buchbinder MOLECULAR BASIS OF ZEIN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN MAIZE ENDOSPERM , Pages 27-48 , F.A. Burr, B. Burr THE MECHANISM OF ZEIN SYNTHESIS AND DEPOSITION IN PROTEIN BODIES OF MAIZE ENDOSPERM , Pages 49-65 , Brian A. Larkins, Nina L. Pearlmutter, William J. Hurkman ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MESSENGER RNAs THAT CODE FOR THE SUBUNITS OF SOYBEAN SEED PROTEIN , Pages 67-84 , R.N. Beachy, J.F. Thompson, J.T. Madison REGULATORY VARIANT AND MUTANT ALLELES IN HIGHER ORGANISMS AND THEIR POSSIBLE ORIGIN VIA CHROMOSOMAL BREAKS , Pages 85-111 , Michael Freeling, James C. Woodman ROLE OF STORED MESSENGER RNA IN LATE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT AND GERMINATION , Pages 113-127 , L.S. Dure III HORMONAL CONTROL OF STORAGE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN PHASEOLUS VULGARIS , Pages 129-141 , I.M. Sussex, R.M.K. Dale PHYSIOLOGICAL AND OTHER ASPECTS OF SEED PRESERVATION , Pages 145-170 , Louis N. Bass GERMPLASM PRESERVATION: THE BASIS OF FUTURE FEAST OR FAMINE GENETIC RESOURCES OF MAIZE––AN EXAMPLE , Pages 171-200 , D.H. Timothy, M.M. Goodman NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM AND THE GERMINATION OF SEED EMBRYONIC AXES , Pages 203-218 , Shirley Rodaway, Bor-Fuei Huang, Abraham Marcus DORMANCY BREAKING BY HORMONES AND OTHER CHEMICALS–– ACTION AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL , Pages 219-239 , J. Derek Bewley HORMONAL CONTROL OF ENDOSPERM FUNCTION DURING GERMINATION , Pages 241-262 , J.V. Jacobsen, T.J.V. Higgins, J.A. Zwar Index , Pages 263-266