Gregory E. Welbaum is a professor in the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Virginia Tech and has taught both classroom and online vegetable crop classes for over three decades. His successful book Vegetable Production and Practices has been specifically written for classes about vegetable crops based an his personal experiences as a commercial vegetable grower and university researcher.Since 2004, Dr. Welbaum has taught an online class on vegetable seed production. This class has been offered to Virginia Tech students as well as international students as a continuing education course. In addition, Greg has previously taught modules on vegetable seed production for the Seed Production short course offered by Seed Biotechnology Center at the University of California, Davis.

• SECTION I: OPENING PRESENTATIONS 1: Travels With Seeds: a Cartography of Seed Science, M Black 2: Protein Synthesis in Seed Germination, E Sánchez de Jiménez SECTION II: DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY 3: bZIP and DOF Transcription Factors in the Regulation of Gene Expression in Barley Endosperm, P Carbonero et al. 4: Impact of Amphiphile Partitioning on Desiccation Tolerance, F A Hoekstra et al. 5: Unravelling the Responses of Metabolism to Dehydration Points to a Role for Cytoplasmic Viscosity in Desiccation Tolerance, O Leprince, et al. 6: Soluble Sugars in Maturing Pea Seeds of Different Lines in Relation to Desiccation Tolerance, R J Górecki et al. 7: The Role of Stachyose Synthase in the Oligosaccharide Metabolism of Legume Seeds, A Richter, et al. 8: Compartmentation of Abscisic Acid in Developing Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) Seeds, G E Welbaum, et al. 9: Involvement of ABA and GAs in the Regulation of Dormancy in Developing Sorghum Seeds, R Benech-Arnold, et al. 10: Irrigation and Seed Quality Development in Rapid-Cycling Brassica, R H Ellis, et al. 11: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Arabidopsis Seed Quality, S P C Groot, et al. 12: Analysis of the Cell Cycle in Sugar Beet Seed During Development, Maturation and Germination, E Sliwinska 13: Phospheonolpyruvate Carboxylase and Pyruvate Kinase in Assimilate Partitioning in Maize Embryos, R Rodríguez-Sotres, et al. SECTION III: STORAGE AND VIGOUR 14: Effects of Seed Ageing on the Enzymic Antioxidant System of Maize Cultivars, I Bernal-Lugo, et al. 15: Towards the ex situ Conservation of Aquatic Angiosperms: A Review of Seed Storage Behaviour, F Hay, et al. 16: Treatment of Immature Embryos of Maize With Water Reduces Their Storability and Desiccation Tolerance, A Bochicchio, et al. 17: Maillard Reactions Cause Browning in Bean Seed coats During Ageing: Inhibition by Aminoguanidine, A G Taylor, et al. 18: Effects of Desiccation on the Subcellular Matrix of the Embryonic Axes of Quercus robur, D J Mycock, et al. 19: Loss of Viability in Rye Embryos at Different Levels of Hydration, I Boubriak, et al. 20: The Effect of Drying Rate on Recalcitrant Seeds, N W Pammenter, et al. 21: Conservation of Genetic Resources Naturally Occurring as Recalcitrant Seeds, P Berjak, et al. SECTION IV: GERMINATION 22: Gene Expression Prior to Radicle Emergence in Imbibed Tomato Seeds (Conference Lecture), K J Bradford, et al. 23: Characterization of Germination-Related Genes in Avena fatua Seeds, R Johnson 24: Cell Cycle Control During Maize Germination, J M Vázquez-Ramos 25: Recent Advances in ABA-Regulated Gene Expression in Cereal Seeds: Regulation by PKABA1 Protein Kinases, M K Walker-Simmons 26: Lettuce Endosperm Weakening: a Role for Endo-ß-Mannanase in Seed Germination at High Temperature, D J Cantiliffe, et al. 27: Effect of Free Mg2+ on the Kinetics of the Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase from Dry and Hydrated Maize Embryos, S Sánchez-Nieto, et al. 28: The Barley Scutellar Peptide Transporter: Relationship to Germination and Loss of Seed Viability, W M Waterworth, et al. 29: Molecular Cloning and Possible Role of an Asparaginyl Endopeptidase (REP-2) from Germinated Rice Seeds, H Kato et al. 30: Metabolism of Essential Oils During Inhibition of Wheat Seed Germination, N Dudai, et al. SECTION V: DORMANCY 30: Genetic Model for Dormancy in Wild Oat, M E Foley 31: Characterization and Expression of Two Protein Kinase and an EIN3-Like Genes in Dormant Fagus Seeds, O Lorenzo, et al. 32: Effects Of Fusicoccin and Gibberellic Acid on Germination and a-Amylase Expression in Barley Grains, R M van der Meulen, et al. 33: Smoke and Germination of Arable and Rangeland Weeds, S W Adkins, et al. SECTION VI: ECOLOGY 34: Intermittent Germination: Causes and Ecological Implications, P B Cavers, et al. 35: Seed Ecology at the Northern Limit of the Tropical Rain Forest in America, C Vázquez-Yanes, et al. 36: Genotypic and Phenotypic Germination Survival Strategies of Ecotypes and Species in the Negev Desert, Y Gutterman 37: Hydrothermal Time as a Tool in Comparative Germination Studies, P S Allen, et al. 38: Emergent Weedy Foxtail (Setaria spp) Seed Germinability Behaviour, J Dekker SECTION VII: APPLICATIONS OF SEED BIOLOGY 39: Biotechnological Applications of Seed Biology, D J Murphy 40: Manipulating Starch Quality in Seeds: a Genetic Approach, T L Wang, et al. 41: Identification of Germination-Specific Protein Markers and their Use in Seed Priming Technology, D Job, et al. 42: A Critical Assessment of the Role of Oligosaccharides on Intracellular Glass Stability, J Buitink et al. 43: Improvement of Tomato Seed Germination by Osmopriming as Related to Energy Metabolism, F Corbineau et al. 44: Bio-osmopriming Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Seeds for Improved Seedling Establishment, J E Warren et al. 45: Use of Threshold Germination Models Under Variable Field Conditions, W E Finch-Savage, et al.