Useful publications

If you were interested in some of the issues in this module, you might like to download and read these articles, which we have selected for you.

Al-Amery, M., Geneve, R., Mauricio, F. Sanches M., Armstrong, P., Maghirang, E., Lee, C., Viera, R., Hildebrand, D., (2018). Near-infrared spectroscopy used to predict soybean seed germination and vigour. Seed Science Research, 28, special issue 3, pp. 245-252.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1017/ S0960258518000119 [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .

Ali, N., Probert, R., Hay, F., Davies, H., Stuppy, W., (2007). Post-dispersal embryo growth and acquisition of desiccation tolerance in Anemone nemorosa L. seeds. Seed Science Research, 17, pp. 155-163.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1017/ S0960258507783149.

Baskin J and Baskin. (1998). Seeds: ecology, biogeography and evolution and dormancy. Cambridge, Mass: Elsevier.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1016/ B978-0-12-080260-9.X5000-3.

Feng, J., Shen, Y., Shi, F., Li, C., (2018). Embryo Development, Seed Germination, and the Kind of Dormancy of Ginkgo biloba L. Forests , 9(11), 700.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.3390/ f9110700.

Gao, F., Ayele, B. (2014). Functional genomics of seed dormancy in wheat: advances and prospects. Frontiers of Plant Science, Sept 15, 5, 458.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.3389/ fpls.2014.00458.

Hay, F. R., Whitehouse, K. J. (2017). Rethinking the approach to viability monitoring in genebanks. Conservation Physiology, 5 (1)
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1093/ conphys/ cox009.

ISTA (2024). International rules for seed testing. International Seed Testing Association, Bassersdorf, Switzerland
Available at: https://www.seedtest.org/ en/ publications/ international-rules-seed-testing.html.

Joosen, R., Kodde, J., Willems, L., Ligerink, W., van der Plas, L., Hillhorst, H. (2010). GERMINATOR: a software package for high-throughput scoring and curve fitting of Arabidopsis seed germination. The Plant Journal, 62, 1
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1111/ j.1365-313X.2009.04116.x.

Jaganathan, G. (2020). Defining correct dormancy class matters: morphological and morphophysiological dormancy in Arecaceae. Annals of Forest Science, 77, 100.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1007/ s13595-020-01010-7.

Nehoshtan, Y., Carmon, E., Yaniv, O., Ayal, S., Rotem, O. (2021). Robust seed germination prediction using deep learning and RGB image data.Scientific Reports, 11, 22030.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1038/ s41598-021-01712-6.

Pausas, J., Lamont, B., (2022). Fire-released seed dormancy - a global synthesis. Biological Reviews, 97 (4) pp. 1612-1639
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1111/ brv.12855.

Ray, S., Vijayan, J., Sarkar, R. (2016). Ray, S., Vijayan, J., Sarkar, R. (2016). Frontiers in Plant Science, May, 18: 7:671
Available at: https://doi.org10.3389/ fpls.2016.00671.

Venier, P., Carrizo García, C., Cabido, M., Funes, G., (2012). Survival and germination of three hard-seeded Acacia species after simulated cattle ingestion: The importance of the seed coat structure. South African Journal of Botany, 79, pp. 19-24.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1016/ j.sajb.2011.11.005.

 

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