By Lawrence O. Copeland, Miller F. McDonald
This Fourth variation of rules of Seed technological know-how and expertise, just like the fIrst 3 variations, is written for the complicated undergraduate pupil or lay one that wishes an creation to the technology and expertise of seeds. the 1st 9 chapters current the seed as a organic approach and canopy its foundation, improvement, composition, functionality (and occasionally nonfunction), functionality and supreme deterioration. The final 9 chapters current the basics of the way seeds are produced, conditioned, evaluated and allotted in our glossy agricultural society. new chapters were extra during this fourth version, one on seed ecology and the second one on seed drying. ultimately, revisions were made all through to mirror adjustments that experience happened within the seed on the grounds that ebook of the 3rd variation. as a result basic value of seeds to either agriculture and to all of society, we have now taken nice care to provide the technology and expertise of seeds with the honor and feeling this research merits. we are hoping that this sense may be communicated to our readers. in addition, we've got tried to provide info in a straight-forward, easy-ta-read demeanour that would be simply understood by means of scholars and lay individuals alike. distinctive care has been taken to deal with either present state of the art in addition to destiny developments in seed know-how.
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J. Bockholt. 1990. Seed weight response to decreased seed number in maize. Agronomy Journal 54:98-102. Langer, R. H. , and F. K. Y. Liew. 1973. Effects of varying nitrogen supply at different stages ofthe reproductive phase on spikelet and grain production and on grain nitrogen in wheat. Australian Journal ofAgricultural Research 24:647-656. Seed Formation and Development 37 Leffler, H. , C. D. Elmore, and 1. D. Hesketh. 1977. Seasonal and fertility-related changes in cottonseed protein quantity and quality.
Agronomy Journal 76:921-924. 3 The Chemistry of Seeds A knowledge of the chemical composition of seeds is essential for several reasons: (1) seeds are a basic source of food for both people and animals, (2) they are an important source of medicine and drugs, (3) they contain various antimetabolites that adversely affect human and animal nutrition, (4) they are an important source of raw materials useful for various industrial purposes, and (5) they contain reserve food supplies and growth substances that influence seed germination and seedling vigor, seed storage, and longevity.
Agriculture Pakistan 28:67-75. Martin, 1. N. 1937. The strophiole in sweet clover and alfalfa seeds. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy ofSciences 44: 104. McGinley, M. A. 1989. Within and among plant variation in seed mass and pappus size in Tragopogon dubious. Canadian Journal of Botaony 67:1298-1304. McGraw, R. , P. R. Beuselinck, and R. R. Smith. 1986. Effect of latitude on genotype x environment interactions for seed yield in birdsfoot trefoil. Crop Science 26:603-605. , D. B. Egli, R. E. Phillips, D.