Seed Physiology

Dear Colleagues,

Plants start out their life as a seed. Seed formation, dispersal and germination enable successful plant reproduction. Seeds are evolutionarily important structures that colonize the terrestrial environment by developing important features, including desiccation tolerance and dormancy. Determination of seed nutritive value, chemical composition, the quality of seeds for both propagation and utilization, as well as the characteristics of seed viability and ageing during storage in gene banks, are all necessary to understand the ways in which seeds function—i.e., their physiology. Insights into the genetic, epigenetic, biochemical and morpho-mechanical control of the mechanisms that govern seed behavior contribute to the progress in basic seed science and have potential application in agriculture, forestry, and management of natural resources. Changes in the environmental conditions that alter seed features and seed responses under stress conditions are of special interest to researchers, the impact of global warming, in particular. This Special Issue of Plants will present the latest findings in the area of seed physiology.

Dr. Ewa Kalemba
Guest Editor

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