Immediately below are PDF files of individual papers from the Agronomy Society of New Zealand Special Publication No. 9 published in 1994 from a joint New Zealand Society of Plant Physiologists and the Agronomy Society of New Zealand symposium on seed physiology entitled: Seed Symposium: Seed development and germination held at Tauranga, Bay of Plenty on August 1991.
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Seed development and germination preface
P. Coolbear and C.A. Cornford p. vii
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Seed development and germination foreword
M. Black pp. ix-x
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Seed Development
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Water loss during the development of tomato seeds
R.G. Thomas pp. 1-4
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Embryo growth in seed development (paper abstract)
D.W. Fountain p. 5
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Field and laboratory evaluation of resistance to pre-harvest sprouting in New Zealand wheat cultivars and introduced germplasm (poster abstract)
J.M. McEwan p. 6
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Grasslands puna chicory: research, technology transfer and seed yields (poster abstract)
J.S. Rowarth, M.P. Rolston, W.J. Archie and B.R. Guy p.7
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Seed germination
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Germination physiology of seeds from New Zealand native plants
P. Bannister and P.E. Jameson pp. 9-15
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Germination experiments with seeds from the native New Zealand woody plant flora
C.J. Burrows pp. 17-23
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Factors affecting radiata pine seed germination
M. I. Menzies, S.M.C. Bond and M. Dibley pp. 25-32
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Some studies on maize seed germination and ageing
D.W.M. Leung pp. 33-36
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Reserve mobilisation following germination of Italian ryegrass caryopses
C.A. Cornford, C. Healy and P. Guy pp. 37-42
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Nitrate effects on mobilisation of seed reserves in temperate cereals
M. Andrews, M. Lieffering and B.A. McKenzie pp. 43-47
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Nitrate effects on pre-emergence growth of maize
M. Andrews, K.K. Turay and B.A. McKenzie pp. 49-50
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Sowing depth effects on emergence of wheat: the importance of coleoptile length (extended poster abstract)
S. Dines, M. Andrews, W.R. Scott and D.W. Jack pp. 51-52
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Germination requirements of seeds of native plant species - a review of published data (poster abstract)
D.W. Fountain and H.A. Outred p. 53
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Substrate availability in germinating Pinus radiata D.Don (poster abstract)
A. Coker, L. Grace, C. Jones, D. Smith, K. Steele and A. Warr p. 54
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An α-amylase inhibitor from ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam) seed (poster abstract)
C.A. Cornford and L. Dixon p. 55
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Starch accumulation during early seedling growth of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L. Leguminosae) (poster abstract)
D. Leung, J.D. Bewley and G. Reid p. 56
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Effect of ultra-violet radiation stress on wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum L., cv. Otane) (poster abstract)
S. Hoist and D. Leung p. 57
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Seed Quality
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Seed quality measurements by RP-HPLC
K.B. Sutton pp. 59-67
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Pre-sowing treatments to improve seed performance
P. Coolbear pp. 69-76
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Acremonium endophyte viability in seeds and the effects of storage
M.P. Rolston, M.D. Hare, G.C.M. Latch and M.J. Christensen pp. 77-82
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The economics of poor seed quality in a transplant nursery
F.W. Bristol pp. 83-85
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Quality and seed production in New Zealand
J.G. Hampton pp. 87-95
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The effect of nitrogen and plant population on seed quality of desi and kabuli chickpeas (extended poster abstract)
B.A. McKenzie, M.H.G. Andrews and D.W. Jack pp. 97-98
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Pre-sowing treatments for the improvement of germination of onion seeds (extended poster abstract)
F. Efendi and P. Coolbear pp. 99-101
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Pre-sowing treatments for the improvement of germination of Pinus radiata (extended poster abstract)
Kusmintardjo, P. Coolbear and A. Firth pp. 103-104
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Studies on the physiology of deterioration of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seeds (extended poster abstract)
S. Nath, P. Coolbear and C.A. Cornford pp. 105-106
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Seed Biotechnology
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Proteinase inhibitors from seeds: prospects for their use in plant protection
M.T. McManus, R.W. Scott and D.W.R. White pp. 107-114
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Artificial seeds (paper abstract)
D.R. Smith p. 115
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Purification and characterisation of a chymotrypsin inhibitor from perennial ryegrass seeds
M. Tasneem, M.T. McManus and C.A. Cornford p. 116
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