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Advances in Seed Biology
The seed is arguably the most important plant reproductive unit. From the Late Devonian Period some 370 million years ago when the first seeded plants evolved, reproduction through seeds has conferred a key advantage to the dispersal and diffusion of the Spermatopsida among land plants. Beside its essential function in the sexual reproduction of plants, the seed also represents the most economically important agricultural product worldwide, providing energy, nutrients and raw materials for human nutrition, livestock feed and countless manufactured goods. Seeds have been studied for a long time, but until recently investigation has been primarily focused on understanding the biology of their main compartments that is, the embryo, the storage nutrients compartment, and the seed coat, largely as independent units. Recent advances in genetic, biochemical, molecular and physiological research, however, mostly brought about by the deployment of novel high-throughput and high-sensitivity technologies, have begun to uncover and connect the molecular networks that control and integrate different aspects of seed development and help determine the economic value of grain crops with unprecedented details. With an expanding and generally more affluent world population reaching a projected nine billion by midcentury, agriculture is charged with ensuring sufficient grain production in the face of ever more pressing environmental and inputs-availability constraints. An appreciation for how important this is comes from the dramatic decline of global grain stocks over the past decade. Quite literally, humanity is one catastrophic crop-season or harvest away from experiencing severe grain shortages, which would lead to a general unraveling of the world's order. It seems clear, therefore, that a deep and highly integrated understanding of seed genetics, development, and physiology will play a key role in sustaining grain yield and the civilization that depends on it
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monografia Rebiun27278243 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun27278243 m o d cr ||||||||||| 160822s2015 xx o u000 0 eng d 1156931596 1167550052 1240606444 2889196755 9782889196753 UPVA 998208632903706 UCAR 991007754798004213 CBUC 991004263122406713 CBUC 991010357599406709 CBUC 991009439372506719 CBUC 991013270215406708 CBUC 991000704824406712 AU@ eng AU@ AU@ SFB OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ LDP UAB Advances in Seed Biology [Place of publication not identified] Frontiers Media SA [Place of publication not identified] [Place of publication not identified] Frontiers Media SA 1 online resource 1 online resource Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontiers Research Topics Frontiers in plant science Includes bibliographical references The seed is arguably the most important plant reproductive unit. From the Late Devonian Period some 370 million years ago when the first seeded plants evolved, reproduction through seeds has conferred a key advantage to the dispersal and diffusion of the Spermatopsida among land plants. Beside its essential function in the sexual reproduction of plants, the seed also represents the most economically important agricultural product worldwide, providing energy, nutrients and raw materials for human nutrition, livestock feed and countless manufactured goods. Seeds have been studied for a long time, but until recently investigation has been primarily focused on understanding the biology of their main compartments that is, the embryo, the storage nutrients compartment, and the seed coat, largely as independent units. Recent advances in genetic, biochemical, molecular and physiological research, however, mostly brought about by the deployment of novel high-throughput and high-sensitivity technologies, have begun to uncover and connect the molecular networks that control and integrate different aspects of seed development and help determine the economic value of grain crops with unprecedented details. With an expanding and generally more affluent world population reaching a projected nine billion by midcentury, agriculture is charged with ensuring sufficient grain production in the face of ever more pressing environmental and inputs-availability constraints. An appreciation for how important this is comes from the dramatic decline of global grain stocks over the past decade. Quite literally, humanity is one catastrophic crop-season or harvest away from experiencing severe grain shortages, which would lead to a general unraveling of the world's order. It seems clear, therefore, that a deep and highly integrated understanding of seed genetics, development, and physiology will play a key role in sustaining grain yield and the civilization that depends on it Seeds- Microbiology Seeds- Physiology Seeds- Development Plant molecular biology Plant molecular biology. Seeds- Development. Seeds- Microbiology. Seeds- Physiology. Electronic books 2-88919-675-5