Modern Seed Technology

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: abiotic stress; baby leaf hemp; Biology, life sciences; blindness; Brassica oleracea; chemometrics; chlorophyll content; containerized transplants; corn; coumarin; crop establishment; cultivar selection; field emergence; film coat; fluorescent tracer; fruit morphology; heat and drought stresses; heatmaps; humic acids; image analysis; in vivo imaging system (IVIS); low phytic acid; Mathematics and Science; multispectral; multispectral imaging; n/a; near-infrared; oil-bodies migration; organic agriculture; pellet; pericarp; physiological maturity; piperonyl amides; potassium nitrate; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; relative growth rate (RGR); Research and information: general; seed acquisition of desiccation tolerance; seed coat; seed coating; seed dressing; seed enhancement; seed health; seed quality; seed respiration; seed testing; seed treatment; seed vigor; seed-size distribution; Solanum lycopersicum L; sowing density; soybean; specific root length (SRL); spectroscopy; spinach; systemic uptake; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; testa; tissue lipophilicity; Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp; Zn localization; Zn priming

Satisfying the increasing number of consumer demands for high-quality seeds with enhanced performance is one of the most imperative challenges of modern agriculture. In this view, it is essential to remember that the seed quality of crops does not improve.