Glossary Seed enhancement Seed coating Seed pelleting Seed priming Seed upgrading   Seed enhancement (Wikipedia) Seed enhancement (Seed Dynamics) Seed technology (Gerhard Leubner Lab, University Freiburg, Germany) - Mechanical seed enhancements - Seed coating and pelleting - Seed priming and pregerminated seed - Artificial seed - Molecular farming using seeds as hosts - Links, reviews and book chapters P. Halmer, Ohio State University (2006)

Books

• The encyclopedia of seeds: science, technology and uses
  Edited by M Black, Kings College London, UK, J D Bewley, University of Guelph, Canada , P Halmer, Germain's Technology Group, Kings Lynn, UK
  October 2006 / Hardback / c.900 Pages / 9780851997230
• Methods to improve seed performance in the field
  Peter Halmer
  In: Handbook of seed physiology (eds Benech-Arnold, R.L. and Sanchez, R.A.). Food Products Press, The Harworth Press, Inc., New York. (2004) 

Articles

• A genetic locus and gene expression patterns associated with the priming effect on lettuce seed germination at elevated temperatures
  Andrés R. Schwember and Kent J. Bradford
  Plant Molecular Biology Volume 73, Numbers 1-2, 105-118, DOI: 10.1007/s11103-009-9591-x
• Odd but true seed enhancement techniques
  - The seed that bounces the highest is the best
  - Smoking out seed dormancy
  - Seed separation by chlorophyll fluorescence
  - Near-infrared (NIR) separations
  by Dr. Keith Kubik, Harris Moran Seed Company
• MIR - Mysterious seed enhancements
  Dr. Keith Kubik, Harris Moran Seed Company (2007)
• Vegeli technology & seed enhamcement
  Vegeli Technology Company (2006)
• Seed enhancement with cytokinins: changes in growth and grain yield in salt stressed wheat plants
  Muhammad Iqbal , Muhammad Ashraf and Amer Jamil
  Plant Growth Regulation (October 2006)
• Seed enhancement with cytokinins: changes in growth and grain yield in salt stressed wheat plants
  Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Ashraf, Amer Jamil
  Plant Growth Regulation, Vol. 50, No. 1. (2006), pp. 29-39.
• Seed technology and seed enhancement
  P. Halmer - XXVII International Horticultural Congress - IHC2006: International Symposium on Seed Enhancement and Seedling Production Technology (2006)
• Seed enhancement/upgrading techniques: Read the seed
  Kim R. Creasy, U.S. Forest Service (2002)
• An Overview of Enhancement of Triploid Watermelon Seed Germination
  B. B. Rhodes; C. O. Huey Jr.; A. Abramovich;T. B. Platt
  Journal of New Seeds, Volume 2, Issue 2 August 2001 , pages 69 - 76 
• Seed technology and its biological basis
  Black M and Bewley JD, editors
  Crop Science (2000)
• Advances in seed technology
  H.J. Hill, Seed Physiologist, Seed Dynamics, Inc. (1999)
• Seed enhancements
  Alan Taylor, Editor - Journal of New Seeds (April 1999)

Patent applications

• Seed enhancement by combinations of pyruvate kinases
  United States Patent Application 20100088782 (April 2010)

Product & technology announcements

• Becker Underwood introduces Vault HP growth-enhancement system for soybeans (October 2009)
• INCOTEC, LEBA and Seed Processing Holland cooperate on a new and unique seed coating technology concept to create Holland Seed Coating Systems (September 2009)
• Beck’s Hybrids announced today that it is launching its newest innovation of seed coating called the Escalate™ yield enhancement system (June 2009)
• Syngenta Seed Care and INCOTEC join forces to provide increased quality control in treating fruiting vegetable seed (August 2009)
• Enza Zaden and Germain’s Technology Group sign seed technology license deal (May 2007)

Seed enhancement technologies and products

• ASTEC
• e-ventus
• INCOTEC
  Seed Dynamics

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