Seed Conservation: Turning Science into Practice

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Section 1. 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. Manger and 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 situ Conservation 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

Indexes

Species Index

General Index