Flower seeds : biology and technology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Kwong, Francis Y. (Editor), McDonald, M. B. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
Subjects:	Flowers > Seeds. Seeds. Biological Resources (Plant) Composition and Quality of Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products. Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000) Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products. Plant Breeding and Genetics. Plant Morphology and Structure. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. Plant Production. Storage Problems and Pests of Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products. Bedding plants. Breeding programmes. Cleaning. Dormancy breaking. Flowers. Germplasm. Ornamental plants. Plants. Seed anatomy. Seed dormancy. Seed germination. Seed industry. Seed morphology. Seed production. Seed testing. Viability. Vigour. Wild flowers. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction to Flower Seeds and the Flower Seed Industry / Miller B. McDonald and Francis Y. Kwong
History of the Flower Seed Industry / Nona Koivula
Ornamental Bedding Plant Industry and Plug Production / Debbie Hamrick
The Uses and Potential of Wildflower Seed in Landscaping / Gene P. Milstein
Breeding Flower Seed Crops / Neil O. Anderson
Factors Affecting Flowering in Ornamental Plants / John Erwin
Seed Development and Structure in Floral Crops / Deborah J. Lionakis Meyer
Flower Seed Physiology and Plug Germination / Miller B. McDonald
Seed Dormancy in Wild Flowers / Carol C. Baskin and Jerry M. Baskin
Flower Seed Longevity and Deterioration / Miller B. McDonald
Flower Seed Production / Francis Y. Kwong
Flower Seed Cleaning and Grading / Francis Y. Kwong, Ruth L. Sellman, Henk Jalink and Rob van der Schoor
Flower Seed Priming, Pregermination, Pelleting and Coating / G. Tonko Bruggink
Laboratory Germination Testing of Flower Seed / Marian Stephenson and Jolan Mari
Tetrazolium Testing for Flower Seeds / Annette Miller
Vigour Testing in Flower Seeds / Robert L. Geneve
Conserving Herbaceous Ornamental Plant Germplasm / David Tay
Conclusions / Francis Y. Kwong and Miller B. McDonald.