Information outputs for ‘Science of Seed Ageing’
Project “Cell Cycle and Ultrastructural Changes, and Genomics of Seed Ageing”
Boubriak I. et al. 2000. Loss of viability in rye embryos at different levels of hydration: Senescence
with apoptotic nucleosome cleavage or death with random DNA fragmentation. In Seed Biology:
Advances and Applications, eds. Black, M., Bradford, K., & Vazquez-Ramos, J. (CAB International,
Wallingford), pp. 205-214.
Nicolás G., Bradford K.J., Come D. and Pritchard H.W. (2003). The Biology of Seeds: Recent
Advances, CABI Publishers, Wallingford, 472 pp..
Osborne D.J., Boubriak, I., Pritchard H.W., and Smith R.D. (2003). Seed lifespan and telomeres. In
The Biology of seeds: recent advances (eds. Nicolás G., Bradford K.J., Come D. and Pritchard
H.W.
Powell, A.A., Yule, L.J., Jing, H.C., Groot, S.P.C., Bino, R.J., Pritchard, H.W. (2000). The influence
of aerated hydration seed treatment on seed longevity as assessed by the viability equations. J.
Exp. Bot. 51: 2031-2043
Project “Do ‘Intermediate’ Seeds Exist? Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Cold
Stress”
Davies RI, Pritchard HW (1998). Seed storage and germination of the palms Hyphaene thebaica,
H. petersiana and Medemia argun. Seed Science and Technology 26, 823-828.
Pritchard HW (2004) Classification of seed storage ‘types’ for ex situ conservation in relation to
temperature and moisture. Pp. 139 – 161 in: Ex situ plant conservation. supporting species
survival in the wild. Guerrant EO, Havens K, Maunder M (eds), Island Press, Washington DC,
USA.
Pritchard HW, Poynter AC, Seaton PT. (1999). Interspecific variation in orchid seed longevity in
relation to ultra-drying and cryopreservation. Lindleyana 14, 92-101.
Project “Ex Situ Conservation of Recalcitrant Seeds: Towards the Delivery of Target
VIII of the GSPC”
Black, M. and Pritchard, H.W. (Eds.) (2002). Desiccation and survival in plants: Drying
Without Dying. Wallingford: Cabi Publishing. 412 pp.
Daws, M.I., Lydall, E., Chmielarz, P., Leprince, O., Matthews, S., Thomas, C.A. and Pritchard,
H.W. (2004a). Developmental heat sum influences recalcitrant seed traits in aesculus
hippocastanum across Europe. New Phytologist 162 (1): 157-166.
Daws, M.I., Gamene, C., Glidewells, S.M. and Pritchard, H.W. seed mass variation potentially
masks a single critical water content in recalcitrant seeds. Seed Science Research 14 (2):
185-195 (2004)
Daws, M.I., Lydall, E., Mullins, C., Leprince, O., Thanos, C.A. and Pritchard, H.W. Variable
desiccation tolerance in Acer pseudoplatanus seeds in relation to developmental conditions:
a case of phenotypic plasticity? Functional Plant Biology 33 (1), 59-66 (2006).
Gamene, C.S., Pritchard, H.W. and Daws, M.I. Effects of desiccation and storage on vitellaria
paradoxa seed viability. Pp 57 – 66 In Comparative Storage Biology of Tropical Tree Seeds.
Sacandé M. et al. (eds), IPRGI, Rome, Italy (2004).
Nicholas, G., Bradford, K.J., Come, D. And Pritchard, H.W. (Eds.) (2003). The Biology of
Seeds: Recent Research Advances. Wallingford: Cabi Publishing. 472 pp.
Tweddle, J.C., Dickie, J.B., Baskin, C.C. and Baskin, J.M. (2003). Ecological aspects of seed
desiccation sensitivity. Journal of Ecology 91: 294-304.
Yameogo/Gaméné, C.S. (2003) Contribution a la mise en oeuvre d'un processus de culture in
vitro chez Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn. F. (le karite). MSc thesis, Gembloux University,
Belgium, 74pp.
Project “Oxidative Stress and Death Phenomena”
Black M. and Pritchard H.W. 2002. Desiccation and Survival in Plants: Drying without Dying. CAB
International, Wallingford.
Kranner I., Beckett R.P., Wornik S., Zorn M., Pfeifhofer H.W. (2002). Revival of a resurrection plant
correlates with its antioxidant status. Plant J. 31, 13-2.
Kranner I, Birtic S. 2005. A modulating role for antioxidants in desiccation tolerance. Integr. Comp.
Bio. 45: 734-740.
Kranner I, Birtic, S., Anderson, K.A. and Pritchard, H.W. (2006) Glutathione half-cell reduction
potential: a universal stress marker and modulator of programmed cell death? Free Radical
Biology and Medicine 40, 2155-2165.
Kranner I., Cram W.J., Zorn M., Wornik S., Yoshimura I., Stabentheiner E. and Pfeifhofer H.W.
2005. Antioxidants and photoprotection in a lichen as compared with its isolated symbiotic
partners. PNAS 102, 3141-3146.
Project “Programmed Cell Death in Seeds”
Kranner I, Birtic, S., Anderson, K.A. and Pritchard, H.W. (2006) Glutathione half-cell reduction
potential: a universal stress marker and modulator of programmed cell death? Free Radical
Biology and Medicine 40, 2155-2165.
Birtic S. and Kranner I. ( 2006). Isolation of high-quality RNA from polyphenol-, polysaccharideand lipid-rich seeds. Phytochemical Analysis 17, 144-148.