Seed Conservation: Turning Science Into Practice
Description
A landmark review of the current scientific knowledge that underpins seed banking - a technology which plays a key role in the conservation of both domesticated wild plant species. The book is the outcome of a workshop in 2001 hosted at Wakehurst Place by the Millennium Seed Bank Project, and reflects international collaboration on the seed conservation of wild plant species.
56 chapters divided into 3 sections: Planning and collecting; Seed processing and testing; Seed storage and utilisation. Kew Publishing, ISBN 1 84246 052 8
Section I. Planning and Collecting
1.Access and Benefit-Sharing Agreements: bridging the gap between scientific partnerships and The Convention on Biological Diversity
Phyllida Cheyne
2.Establishing Priorities for a Plant Conservation Programme
Clare Tenner
3.Planning Plant Genetic Conservation
Nigel Maxted and Luigi Guarino
4.Applications of Geographical Information Systems in Seed Conservation
Justin Moat and Paul P. Smith
5.Using Genetic Data to Help Guide Decisions about Sampling
Michael F.Fay
6.Seed Maturity: when to collect seeds from wild plants
Fiona R. Hay and Roger D. Smith
7.Seed Quality Studies in the Kenyan Shrub Millettia leucantha
Patrick N. Muthoka, Robin J. Probert and Shirley A. Coomber
8.Effect of Developmental Stages of Neem (Azadirachta indica) Seed Storage
Oblé Neya, Christine S. Gaméné, Lambert G. Ouédraogo, Jean B. Ilboudo and
Moctar Sacandé
9.Collecting Seed from Non-domesticated Plants for Long-Term Conservation
Michael J. Way
10.Vegetative Collection of Forage Grasses and Legumes, and Method of Regeneration for Seed
Ken H. Chorlton, N. Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton, Ian D. Thomas and Maurice H. Jones
11.Targeting Collecting for Conservation: an example from Namibia
Herta Kolberg
12.Targeting Sites for Biological Collections
Jorge Soberón, Patricia Davila and Jordan Golubov
13.The Millennium Seed Bank Project in South Africa: a review
Paul P. Smith and Erich van Wyk
14.Seed Collection at the National Tree Seed Centre of Burkina Faso
Lucien B. Yoda and Christiane S. Gaméné
Section II. Processing and Testing
15.Seed and Fruit Structure: significance in seed conservation operations
John B. Dickie and Wolfgang H. Stuppy
16.Tree Seed Processing
Lars H. Schmidt and Kirsten A. Thomsen
17.Processing and Maintenance of the Millennium Seed Bank Collections
Janet Terry, Robin J. Probert and Simon H. Linington
18.The Millennium Seed Bank Project's Specimen and Taxon Databases
Jill Bone, Rob Turner and John Tweddle
19.Seed Viability under Ambient Conditions and the Importance of Drying
Robin J. Probert
20.Non-destructive Measurement of Seed Moisture
Robin J. Probert, Keith R. Mangerand John Adams
21.Assessing Desiccation Sensitivity: from diagnosis to prognosis
Olivier Leprince
22.Understanding and Handling Desiccation-sensitive Seeds
Patricia Berjak and Norman W. Pammenter
23.Some Ecological and Conservation Aspects of Warburgia salutaris Seed Biology
Matthew I. Daws, William Omondi,Hugh W. Pritchard and Patricia Berjak
24.Viability Testing
Peter G. Gosling
25.In Vitro Growth of Embryo Axes after Long-term Storage in Liquid Nitrogen
Valerie Pence
26.Fluorescein Diacetate and Orchid Seed Viability in UK and Kenyan Species
Christopher B. Wood, Hugh W. Pritchard and George K. Mugambi
27.Molecular Biology in Seed Diagnostics
Peter E. Toorop and Henk W.M. Hilhorst
28.Classification, Biogeography, and Phylogenetic Relationships of Seed Dormancy
Jerry M. Baskin and Carol C. Baskin
29.The Alleviation of Dormancy in the Horticulturally-Important Chamelaucium uncinatum (Myrtaceae).
Simone Dudley and Anne Cochrane
30.Acid scarification: an effective method of removing physical dormancy in five Western Australian Acacia species
Andrew Crawford, Anne Cochrane and Robin J. Probert
31.A Summary of Patterns in the Seed Germination Response to Smoke in Plants from the Cape Floral Region
Neville A.C. Brown, Johannes van Staden, Tafline Johnson and Matthew I. Daws
32.Effects of Temperature on Seed Germination in Six Species of Mexican Cactaceae
Xiang-yun Yang, Hugh W. Pritchard and Héctor Nolasco
Section III. Storage and Utilisation
33.The Design of Seed Banks
Simon H. Linington
34.Selecting Seed Containers for the Millenium Seed Bank Project: a technical review and survey
Keith R. Manger, John Adams and Robin J. Probert
35.Predicting Seed Longevity: the use and abuse of seed viability equations
Hugh W. Pritchard and John B. Dickie
36.Optimising Seed Banking Procedures
Christina Walters
37.Understanding and Predicting Optimal Storage Conditions and Longevity: a biophysical approach
Julia Buitink and Folkert A. Hoekstra
38.Optimising Conditions for Neem (Azadirachta indica) Seed Longevity
Moctar Sacandé and Folkert A. Hoekstra
39.Exploring Conventional Seed Storage in Some Tropical Species
Jalli Radhamani, Anurudh K. Singh and Abha Sharma
40.Low-moisture-content Limits to Nothofagus Seed Longevity
Pedro Leon-Lobos and Richard H. Ellis
41.Effect of Ultra-Drying on Ex Situ Seed Conservation
Neeta Singh, Anurudh K. Singh and Baldev S. Dhillon
42.Seed Storage Characteristics and Dormancy of Australian Indigenous Plant Species: from the seed store to the field
David J. Merritt and Kingsley W. Dixon
43.Longevity of Mammillaria supertexta Seeds under Ultra-dry Long-term Storage
Adelaida Ocampo López, Patricia Dávila-Aranda,Alejandro Flores and Hugh W. Pritchard
44.Determination of the Hydration Window for Cypropreservation of Non-orthodox Oily Seeds
Stephane Dussert, Natalie Chabrillange and Florent Engelmann
45.Biological Diversity and Current Ex SituConservation Practices in Ethiopia
Girma Balcha, Tim Pearce and Abebe Demissie
46.Threatened Valencian Flora: initiatives for its conservation
Elena Estrelles, Noemi Fuentes, Josefa Prieto,Monica Boscaiu, Daniel Ballesteros and
Ana M. Ibars
47.Seed Conservation of the Endemic and Threatened Plants of Crete
Christini Fournaraki, Zacharias Kypriotakis and Panagiota Gotsiou
48.Supporting In Situ Conservation: The Berry Botanic Garden, an ex situ regional resource in an integrated conservation community
Edward O. Guerrant Jr. and Andrea Raven
49.Seed Conservation at the Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands
Roel Hoekstra, Theo J.L. van Hintum and Liesbeth C. de Groot
50.Ex Situ Preservation in Permafrost as a Complement to Seed Storage at The Nordic Gene Bank
Vijal Jadav, Lars M. Thorén, Merja Veteläinen and Eva Thörn
51.Plant Genetic Resources Unit - NCARTT, Jordan
Sobhia Saifan
52.National Network on Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources Seed in India
Anurudh K. Singh and Baldev S. Dhillon
53.Conservation and Evaluation of Genetic Resources for Forage and Pasture in Morocco
Mohammed Tazi and Ahmed Birouk
54.Conservation of Tropical Island Seeds: an example from Hawai'i
Alvin Y. Yoshinaga and Christina Walters
Conclusions
55.An Editorial Perspective on Seed Conservation
Roger D. Smith, John B. Dickie, Simon H. Linington, Hugh W. Pritchard and Robin J. Probert
56.The Future of Seed Banks
Roger D. Smith and Geoffrey Hawtin