Knowledge: seed biology
See Also:
- business → agriculture and forestry → field crops → seed
- science → agriculture
- science → biology → developmental biology
- science → biology → flora and fauna → plantae → magnoliophyta
Links
- Seed Biology Electronic Mailing List
http://www.css.cornell.edu/seedbio/seedbio.html - Resource maintained by the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Ithaca, New York.
- Seed Images
http://www.seedimages.com/ - Identification database containing pictures and descriptions all of the seeds required to pass the Registered Seed Technologists examination and the Association of Official Seed Analyst's Certification. Maintained by Colorado State University Seed Programs.
- International Society for Seed Science
http://www.usd.edu/isss/ - Professional organisation of scientists to foster and promote research, education and communication in the scientific understanding of seeds. Includes archives of newsletters, workshops and membership contacts.
- Seed Biology
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~seedbio/ - Details of program and research at the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University.
- Oregon State University: Integrative Seed Biology
http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/isb/ - Overview of research on carrot, tomato, and using the Arabidopsis model, producing the seed-GUS-expression lines. Includes undergraduate program, and other learning opportunities at Corvallis.
- Field Studies of Seed Biology
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/lmh/lmh40.htm - Abstract on land management, linking to PDF of handbook from the forest science program, published by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
- IJBP Seed Biology Laboratory
http://www-ijpb.versailles.inra.fr/en/bs/bs_accueil.htm - Research on biosynthesis and role of abscisic acid in physiology, metabolism and maturation of the seed, identification of genes involved in germination control, and development in Arabidopsis. Administered by INRA at Versailles, France.
- Laboratory of Bob Goldberg: Seed Institute
http://www.mcdb.ucla.edu/Research/Goldberg/the_seed_institute/seed_institute-index.htm - Multi-campus organization coordinated, with databases maintained at the Department of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Millennium Seed Bank Project
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/msbp/ - International collaborative conservation initiative to protect plant species against extinction. Includes resources for developing techniques for processing, testing and banking for partners, housed in West Sussex, for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK.
- Seed Biology Place
http://www.seedbiology.de/ - Explains anatomy, germination, dormancy, after-ripening, including ß-1,3-glucanase biochemistry during endosperm rupture and coat-enhanced dormancy of tobacco. Includes PDF of publications from Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany.
- University of Kentucky: Seed Biology
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/SeedBiology/WELCOME.HTML - Degree programs and research on physiology of germination, dormancy, molecular genetics for applications in horticulture and agriculture. Includes dissertation list, and overview of the faculty at Lexington.
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