Genetic and Environmental Factors Affecting Seed Germination
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 25651
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant ecology; seed science
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Interests: plant physiology; physiology of stress; formation of yield
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants have evolved various strategies to be successful in heterogeneous habitats, including the number and size of produced seeds, the mechanisms of their dispersal and dormancy, seed vitality and germination, etc. Seed germination is important for generative propagation, plant life cycle, and population growth. The study of influencing seed germination is one of the most useful applications in terms of morphology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, and ecology.
This Special Issue plans to give an overview of the most recent advances in the field of the stimulation of seed germination. It is aimed at providing selected contributions on advances in the seed germination of various plant taxon in relation to scientific theories, agriculture, forestry, and food science.
Potential topics with relation to the stimulation of seed germination will include, above all:
- Seed quality
- Seed dimorphism and polymorphism
- Genetic factors and plant breeding
- Maternal effect
- Phytohormonal process, balance, and regulation
- Physical, chemical, and biological factors
- Perspectives in seed technology
Dr. Božena Šerá
Dr. František Hnilička
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- seed germination
- factors
- seed control
- field emergence of seeds
- healthy seeds