ISSS-ISTA webinars

November 27, 2024: Seed Supply and Storage with a Focus on Tropical Tree Species

Abstracts

Tools to aid the conservation of rainforest seeds - Open here

Tropical tree seeds: supply, testing and solutions - Open here
Presentations and Q&A

Karen Sommerville - Tools to aid the conservation of rainforest seeds

Elisa Vieira - Tropical tree seeds: supply, testing and solutions

Q&A document - Karen and Elisa have answered all the questions that were sent in during the webinar.

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Abstracts

Uncovering the seed microbiota diversity and its role for plant health using synthetic ecology - Open here

The incredible world of seed pathology and how it’s used to prevent the next plant pandemic - Open here
Presentations and Q&A

Louna Colaert - Sentenac - Uncovering the seed microbiota diversity and its role for plant health using synthetic ecology

Ruud Barnhoorn - The incredible world of seed pathology and how it’s used to prevent the next plant pandemic

Q&A document - Louna and Ruud have answered all the questions that were sent in during the webinar.

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Abstracts

Molecular perspectives into seed priming. The seed repair response as a key player in the pre-germinative metabolism - Open here

Seed priming: practical commercial use and its evaluation - Open here
Presentations and Q&A

Anca Macovei - Molecular perspectives into seed priming. The seed repair response as a key player in the pre-germinative metabolism

Tomoko Sakata - Seed priming: practical commercial use and its evaluation

Q&A document - Anca Macovei and Tomoko Sakata have answered all the questions that were sent in during the webinar.

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Abstracts

Dormancy breakage for germination testing - Open here

The ecological significance of physical dormancy - Open here
Presentations and Q&A

David Johnston - Seed dormancy breakage for germination testing

Ganesh K. Jaganathan - The ecological significance of physical dormancy, and much more: from conundrum to clarity

Q&A document - David Johnston and Ganesh K. Jaganathan have answered all the questions that were sent in during the webinar.

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Abstracts

Use of the tetrazolium test for estimating seed viability and vigour - Open here

Molecular mechanisms driving seed development in flowering plants - Open here
Presentations and Q&A

Dr. Jose B. França - Neto - Use of the Tetrazolium test for estimating seed viability and vigour

Dr. Duarte Figueiredo - Molecular mechanisms driving seed development in flowering plants

Q&A document - Dr. Jose B. França - Neto and Dr. Duarte Figueiredo have answered all the questions that were sent in during the webinar

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Abstracts

Genotype by environment interactions in seed size are ubiquitous in relation to water availability: evolutionary potential through phenotypic plasticity - Open here

Seed germination phenotyping in controlled conditions to measure genetic diversity and address climate change - Open here
Presentations and Q&A

Dr. Eugenio Larios - The evolutionary potential of seed size through phenotypic plasticity of a desert annual plant

Marie-Hélène Wagner - Seed germination phenotyping in controlled conditions to measure genetic diversity and address climate change

Q&A document - Dr. Eugenio Larios and Marie-Hélène Wagner have answered all the questions that were sent in during the webinar

To watch a recording of the webinar, please click here.

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