Seed Development and Germination

Integrates advances in the diverse field of seed science, from ecological and demographic aspects of seed production, dispersal and germination, to the molecular biology of seed development. This book offers a broad, multidisciplinary approach that covers theoretical and applied knowledge. This text is intended for plant physiologists, molecular biologists, biochemists, biotechnologists, geneticists, horticulturalists, agromnomists and botanists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. It integrates advances in the diverse and rapidly-expanding field of seed science, from ecological and demographic aspects of seed production, dispersal and germination, to the molecular biology of seed development. The book offers a broad, multidisciplinary approach that covers both theoretical and applied knowledge.