This book is developed from papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Plant Dormancy held in Angers, France, in July 1999. Its 25 chapters are organized into 5 sections: Whole plant and organ physiology (6 chapters); Water relations and stress (5); Abscisic acid and hormonal control (5); Biochemical and cellular aspects (5); and Genetics and molecular biology (4). Dormancy of organs including seeds, buds and storage organs is included, and plant species discussed include horticultural and field crops, trees and wild plants.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Growth cycle and dormancy in plants / H. Okubo -- Bud dormancy : a suggestion for the control mechanism and its evolution / A. Erez -- The distinct controlling of dormancy release and germination commencement in seeds / N.V. Obroucheva and O.V. Antipova -- Sugar metabolism in apple embryos / S. Lewak, R. Bogatek, B. Zarska-Maciejewska -- Population responses to temperature for loss and induction of seed dormancy and consequences for predictive empirical modelling / A.J. Murdoch, L. Sonko, E. Kebreab -- Pre-treatment at controlled seed moisture content as an effective means to break dormancy in tree seeds / M.P.M. Derkx -- Organismic and environmental controls of bud growth in tropical trees / R. Borchert -- Water relations in winter : effect on bud break of walnut tree / T. Améglio, A. Guilliot, A. Lacointe, J.L. Julien, G. Alves, V. Valentin and G. Pétel -- Morphological structure and water status in tulip bulbs during their transition from dormancy to active growth : visualization by magnetic resonance imaging / R. Kamenetsky, H. Zemah, A. van der Toorn, H. Van As and P. Bendel -- Seed dormancy as one of the survival strategies in annual plant species occurring in deserts / Y. Gutterman -- Seasonally regulated proteins in peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) : what are they and what do they do? / M. Wisniewski and R. Arora --

Aspects of ABA and fusicoccin signal transduction in barley grains / C. Testerink, R.M. van der Meulen and M. Wang -- Dormancy of cereal seeds as related to embryo sensitivity to ABA and water potential / F. Corbineau and D. Côme -- Abscisic acid control of seed dormancy expression in nicotiana plumbaginifolia and arabidopsis thaliana / M. Jullien, D. Bouinot, S. Ali-Rachedi, B. Sotta and P. Grappin -- The role of endogenous hormones in potato tuber dormancy / J.C. Suttle -- Role of ABA, gibberellins and auxin in dormancy and dormancy release of tulip bulbs / M. Saniewski, L. Kawa-Miszczak, E. Wegrzynowicz-Lesiak and H. Okubo -- ATP, ADP and NTP contents in vegetative and floral peach buds during winter : are they useful for characterizing the type of dormancy? / M. Bonhomme, R. Rageau, M. Gendraud -- Alcohols that break seed dormancy : the anaesthetic hypothesis, dead or alive? / M.A. Cohn and H.W.M. Hilhorst -- Are cellular membranes involved in the control of seed dormancy? / H.W.M. Hilhorst and M.A. Cohn -- Intercellular communication channels and intracellular calcium levels involved in the dormancy development of poplar (Populus deltoides) plants / L.-C. Jian, J.-H. Li, P.H. Li and T.H.H. Chen -- The developmental basis of bud dormancy in 1-year-old Picea and Pseudotsuga seedlings / J.E. MacDonald -- Molecular genetic analysis of bud dormancy-related traits in Populus / T.H.H. Chen, J. Davis, B.E. Frewen, G.T. Howe and H.D. Bradshaw, Jr -- Regulation of growth and dormancy in pea axillary buds / J.P. Stafstrom -- Expression of endo-β-mannanase and SNF-related protein kinase genes in true potato seeds in relation to dormancy, gibberellin and abscisic acid / V. Alvarado, H. Nonogaki and K.J. Bradford -- The genetics of seed dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana / M. Koornneef, C. Alonso-Blanco, L. Bentsink, H. Blankestijn-de Vries, I. Debeaujon, C.J. Hanhart, K.M. Léon-Klooserziel, A.J.M. Peeters and V. Raz.

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