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.

List of ContributorsPrefaceContents of Other Volumes1 Environmental Control of Seed Germination I. Environmental Control of Germination and Its Biological Significance II. Environmental Indicators and Plant Perception III. Immediate Responses IV. Postmaturation Conditioning V. Prematuration Conditioning References2 Metabolism of Germinating Seeds I. Introduction II. Present State of Knowledge III. Basal Metabolism IV. Specific Metabolic Processes V. Epilogue References3 Seed Dormancy I. Introduction II. Development of the Dormant State III. Physiology of Dormancy IV. Biochemistry of Dormancy V. Cytology of Dormant Embryos VI. Inheritance of Dormancy References4 Physiological and Biochemical Deterioration of Seeds I. Introduction II. Indices for Measuring Deterioration III. Physiological Manifestations of Seed Deterioration IV. Biochemical Manifestations of Seed Deterioration V. Application of Physiological and Biochemical Changes for Evaluating Deterioration VI. Concluding Remarks References5 Seed Pathology I. Seed Transmission of Pathogens II. Nontransmissible Pathological Conditions ReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index