Conference Proceedings and Abstracts
2007
Daws, M.I., Beardmore, T.L. & Pritchard, H.W. (2007) Are there any recalcitrant seeded Acer L. species? Evidence based on seed mass and physiological characterisation. In Recent advances in seed phsiology and technology. Proceedings of the IUFRO Tree Seeds Meeting, July 2006, Frederiction, Canada. 16-29.
Daws, M.I., Bolton, S., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Mullins, C.E. & Garwood, N.C. (2007) Loss of desiccation tolerance in imbibed seeds: Implications for seed mortality. South African Journal of Botany 73(3): 501. Abstract from the 5th International Workshop on Desiccation Tolerance & Sensitivity of Seeds & Vegetative Plant Tissue held at the Nest Hotel, Drakensberg/Ukihlamba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 14-21 January 2007.
Daws, M.I., Wood, C.B., Marks, T.R. & Pritchard, H.W. (2007) Desiccation sensitivity in the Arecaceae: Correlates and frequency. South African Journal of Botany 73(3): 483. Abstract from the 5th International Workshop on Desiccation Tolerance & Sensitivity of Seeds & Vegetative Plant Tissue held at the Nest Hotel, Drakensberg/Ukihlamba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 14-21 January 2007.
Glidewell, S., Pritchard, H.W. & Daws, M.I. (2007) Associations between the biophysics of water and desiccation stress in Vitellaria paradoxa seeds. South African Journal of Botany 73(3): 484. Abstract from the 5th International Workshop on Desiccation Tolerance & Sensitivity of Seeds & Vegetative Plant Tissue held at the Nest Hotel, Drakensberg/Ukihlamba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 14-21 January 2007.
Ivanova, M., Beckett, R., Minibayeva, F., Roach, T. & Kranner, I. (2007) Reactive oxygen species production during imbibition of orthodox seeds and early seedling growth. South African Journal of Botany 73(3): 488. Abstract from the 5th International Workshop on Desiccation Tolerance & Sensitivity of Seeds & Vegetative Plant Tissue held at the Nest Hotel, Drakensberg/Ukihlamba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 14-21 January 2007.
Kochonek, J., Steadman, K.J., Probert, R.J., & Adkins, S.W. (2007) The effects of provenance and plant growth environment on the seed quality of the genus Wahlenbergia in Australia. In: S. Turner, D. Merritt, S. Clarke, L. Commander & K. Dixon (eds.) The 2nd International Society for Seed Science Meeting on Seeds and the Environment Perth, Western Australia. Conference Proceedings. Perth: Kings Park and Botanic Garden. 44.
Kranner, I., Birtić, S. & Pritchard, H.W. (2007) Glutathione half-cell reduction potential: a universal stress marker from plants to humans? In Abstracts for the 3rd International Congress on Stress Responses in Biology and Medicine and the 2nd International Congress of Stress Research, 2007. Cell Stress Chaperones online 12(2): abstract no. 4A_06_P.
Kranner, I., Chen, H., Birtic, S. & Pritchard, H.W. (2007) Mechanisms of viability loss in dry orthodox seeds and during imbibition. South African Journal of Botany 73(3): 489. Abstract from the 5th International Workshop on Desiccation Tolerance & Sensitivity of Seeds & Vegetative Plant Tissue held at the Nest Hotel, Drakensberg/Ukihlamba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 14-21 January 2007.
Linington, S.H. (2007) The Millennium Seed Bank Project: conserving plants from across the world. In Seminário internacional os jardins botânicos como património universal. 20 anos do Jardin Botânico do Faial. International seminar. Botanical gardens as an universal heritage. FaialBotanic Garden 20th anniversary. Horta, Azores, 19th-21st June 2006. 81-86.
Mondoni, A., Probert, R.J., Bonomi, C. & Rossi, G. (2007) Germination phenology in lowland and mountain populations of wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa L.) from Northern Italy. In: S. Turner, D. Merritt, S. Clarke, L. Commander & K. Dixon (eds.) The 2nd International Society for Seed Science Meeting on Seeds and the Environment Perth, Western Australia. Conference Proceedings. Perth: Kings Park and Botanic Garden. 61.
Roach, T.., Ivanova, M., Beckett, R., Minibayeva, F., Green, I., Pritchard, H.W. & Kranner, I. (2007) The effect of desiccation on the oxidative burst from isolated embryonic axes of recalcitrant Castanea sativa seeds. South African Journal of Botany 73(3): 493. Abstract from the 5th International Workshop on Desiccation Tolerance & Sensitivity of Seeds & Vegetative Plant Tissue held at the Nest Hotel, Drakensberg/Ukihlamba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 14-21 January 2007.
Smith, P.P. & Tenner-Trivedi, C. (2007) Climate change: the role of botanic gardens. In Aubert, S., Danton, Ph. & Perrier, Ch. (eds.) Proceedings of the International Congress of Alpine & Arctic Botanical Gardens. Which Future for the Alpine and Arctic Botanical Gardens? Villar d’Arène, Col du Lautaret, 6-9 September 2006. Col du Lautaret: Jardin Botanique Alpin du Lautaret. 67-71. .
2006
Sacandé, M. & Pritchard, H.W. (2006) African tree seed conservation research: opportunities and implementation. In Ghazanfar, S.A. & Beentje, H.J. (eds.) Taxonomy and ecology of African plants, their conservation and sustainable use. Proceedings of the 17th AETFAT Congress Addis Adaba, Ethiopia. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. pp.427-436.
Timberlake, J.R., Golding, J.S. & Smith, P.P. (2006) A preliminary analysis of endemic and threatened plants of the Flora Zambesiaca area. In Ghazanfar, S.A. & Beentje, H.J. (eds.) Taxonomy and ecology of African plants, their conservation and sustainable use. Proceedings of the 17th AETFAT Congress Addis Adaba, Ethiopia. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. pp.749-760.
Wood, C.B., Vautier, H.J., Bin, W., Rakotondranoy, L.G. and Pritchard, H.W. (2006) Conservation biology for seven palm species from diverse genera. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons (Monocot III). Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens, California. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens Press: California. 276-282.
2005
Pritchard, H.W. & Daws, M. I. (2005). Continental scale studies on patterns in seed desiccation sensitivity at the inter- and intra-species level. In Adkins, S. W. et al. (eds.) Proceedings of Fifth Australian Workshop on Native Seed Biology. 147-155.
2004
Tenner, C. (2004). The Millennium Seed Bank: The Value of International Partnerships. In Willis, C. K. (ed.) African Botanic Gardens Congress 'Partners and Linkages' Proceedings of a Congress held at Durban Botanic Gardens , South Africa . 24-29 November 2002. Southern African Biodiversity Network Report 22: 16-18.
2003
Pollard, B.J., Tenner, C., Utteridge, T. & Van Slageren, M.W.. (2003). Mountain biodiversity: a botanic garden's experience. In: Status and trends of, and threats to, mountain biodiversity and marine, coastal and inland water ecosystems: abstracts of poster presentations at the Eighth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity. (CBD Technical Series No. 8). Montreal: CBD Secretariat. 50-51.
Tenner, C., Clubbe, C., Moat, J., Ramsay, M. & Smith, P. (2003). Technology Transfer for Plant Conservation. In: Facilitating conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. Abstracts of poster presentations on protected areas and technology transfer and co-operation at the Ninth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice. (CBD Technical Series No. 9). Montreal: CBD Secretariat. 66-68.
2002
Culshaw , C.M., Espinosa, P., Pritchard, H.W. & Engels, J. (2002). Thermal scarification of hard seeds by wet treatment risks accelerated ageing: evidence from five woody taxa. In Thanos, C. et al. (eds.) Tree Seeds 2002 - programme and book of proceedings, of the 2002 Annual Meeting of IUFRO 2.09.00. Research Group for Seed Physiology and Technology. Athens: Tree Seeds 2002. 34-39.
Daws , M.I., Gamene, C.S., Pritchard, H.W., Harris, C. & Glidewell, S. (2002). The importance of intra and inter-seed variation in water content for assessing the desiccation tolerance of recalcitrant tree seeds. In Thanos, C. et al. (eds.) Tree Seeds 2002 - programme and book of proceedings, of the 2002 Annual Meeting of IUFRO 2.09.00. Research Group for Seed Physiology and Technology. Athens: Tree Seeds 2002: 42.
Daws , M.I., Houlihan, M. & Burslem, D.F.R.P. (2002). Effects of pre-treatments on the germination of four Panamanian pioneer tree species. In Thanos, C. et al. (eds.) Tree Seeds 2002 - programme and book of proceedings, of the 2002 Annual Meeting of IUFRO 2.09.00. Research Group for Seed Physiology and Technology. Athens: Tree Seeds 2002. 47-50.
Seaton, P. & Pritchard, H.W. (2002). Recent developments in orchid seed banking. In Clark, J., Elliott, M., Biro J. & Tingley G. Proceedings of the 16th World Orchid Conference, Vancouver , 1999. Vancouver: Harbour Publishing. 390-396.
Wood, C.B., Hodges, S., Bin, W. & Pritchard, H.W. (2002). Semina Palmarum: the seed conservation biology of palms. In Thanos, C. et al. (eds.) Tree Seeds 2002 - programme and book of proceedings, of the 2002 Annual Meeting of IUFRO 2.09.00. Research Group for Seed Physiology and Technology. Athens: Tree Seeds 2002. (Abstract only).
2001
Smith, P.P. & Fisher, R. (2001). Chipya in Kansanka National Park, Zambia: floristics, soils and dynamics. In Robbrecht, E., Degreef, J. & Friis, I. (eds.). Plant systematics and phytogeography for the understanding of African biodiversity. Proceedings of the XVI AETFAT Congress, held at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Aug. 28 - Sept. 2, 2000. Systematics and Geography of Plants 71 (2 special issue): 923-934.
2000
Manger, K.R. (2000). The Millennium Seed Bank Project – a technical perspective. In Proceedings of the UK Controlled Environmental User’s Group. 21-23.
1999
Kioko, J., Berjak, P., Pritchard, H.W. & Daws, M.I. (1999). Studies of post-shedding behaviour and cryopreservation of seeds of Warburgia salutaris, a highly endangered medicinal plant indigenous to tropical Africa. In Marzalina, M., Khoo, K.C., Jayanthi, N., Tsan, F.Y. & Krishnapillay, B. IUFRO Seed Symposium 1998. Recalcitrant Seeds. Proceedings of the Conference, 12-15 October 1998, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Forest Research Institute Malaysia. 365-371.
Pritchard, H.W. & Davies, R.I. (1999). Biodiversity and conservation of rattan seeds. In Bacilieri, R. & Appanah, S. Rattan cultivation: achievements, problems and prospects. An International Consultation of Experts for the Project: Conservation, Genetic Improvement, and Silviculture of Rattans in South-East Asia, 12-14 May 1998, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Montpellier, France: CIRAD, CIRAD-Foret. 51-60.
1998
Leprince, O., van Aelst, A.C., Pritchard, H.W. & Murphy, D.J. (1998). The role of oleosins in oil-body stability during drying and imbibition of desiccation-tolerant and -sensitive oil seeds: a low-temperature scanning electron microscope study. In Proceedings of the joint meeting of the Belgium and Dutch societies for microscopy, 24-28 November 1997. (abstract).
Linington, S.H. & Smith, R.D. (1998). Long-term seed conservation and the Kew Seed Bank. In Shibata, T. & Etoh, T. (eds.) Proceedings of International Workshop on Ultra-long-term Cryogenic Preservation Network of Biological and Environmental Specimens. Osaka, Japan. 220-221.
Smith, R.D. & Linington, S.H. (1998). The Millennium Seed Bank Project. In Shibata, T. & Etoh, T. (eds.) Proceedings of International Workshop on Ultra-long-term Cryogenic Preservation Network of Biological and Environmental Specimens. Osaka, Japan. 199-206.
Smith,R.D., Linington, S.H. & Wechsberg, G.E. (1998). The Millennium Seed Bank, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Dry Tropics. In Prendergast, H.D.V., Etkin, N.L. Harris, D.R. & Houghton, P.J. (eds.) Plants for Food and Medicine: Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the Society for Economic Botany and the International Society for Ethnopharmacology. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 351-261.
1997
Linington, S. (1997). Ex situ conservation of wild plants in North Africa: A possible role for the IUCN Species Survival Commission. In Proceedings of the IUCN Arid Lands Biodiversity Workshop, November 1994, Cairo. Council of Europe.
1996
Linington, S., Mkhonta, D., Pritchard, H.W. & Terry, J. (1996). A provisional germination testing scheme for seed of the Compositae. In Caligari, P.D.S. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.). in 'Compositae: Biology and Utilisation. Proceedings of the International Compositae Conference, Kew, 1994.' Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 223-235.
Way, M.J. (1996). The Kew Seed Bank and the collection, ex situ conservation and utilisation of wild plant species from the dry tropics. In West, N.E. (ed.) Rangelands in a Sustainable Biosphere. Proceedings of the Fifth International Rangeland Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 23-28 July, 1995. Volume I: Contributed presentations. Denver: Society for Range Management. 595-596.
1994
Tompsett, P.B. (1994). Capture of genetic resources by collection and storage of seed: a physiological approach. In Leakey, R.R.B. & Newton, A.C. Tropical Trees: the Potenial for Domestication and the Rebuilding of Forest Resources,' IUFRO Conference, August 1992. London: HMSO. 61-71.
1993
Wechsberg, G., Bray, C.M. & Probert, R.J. (1993). The development of longevity and responses to priming of Ranunculus sceleratus seeds. In Come, D. & Corbineau, F. (eds.). Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Seeds; Basic and Applied Aspects of Seed Biology, Volume 3. Paris: ASFIS. 845-850.