The title was originally published by Food Products Press and The Haworth Reference Press, c2004.

Contents:
Seedbed preparation : the soil physical environment of germinating seeds / Amos Hadas. -- The use of population-based threshold models to describe and predict the effects of seedbed environment on germination and seedling emergence of crops / William E. Finch-Savage -- Seed and agronomic factors associated with germination under temperature and water stress / Mark A. Bennet -- Methods to improve seed performance in the field / Peter Halmer -- Inception, maintainance and termination of dormancy in grain crops: physiology, genetics and environment control / Roberto L. Benech-Arnold -- Preharvest sprouting of cereals -- Gary M. Paulsen and Andrew S. Auld -- The exit from dormancy and the induction of germination : physiological and molecular aspects / Rodolfo A. Sanchez and R. Alejandra Mella -- Modelling changes in dormancy in weed soil seed banks : implications for the prediction of weed emergence / Diego Batla, Betina Claudia Kruk and Roberto L. Benech-Arnold -- Orthodox seed deterioration and its repair / Miller B. McDonald -- Recalcitrant seeds / Patricia Berjak and Norman W. Pammener -- Processing quality requirements for wheat and other cereal grains / Colin W. Wrigley and Ferenc Bekes -- Grain quality in oil crops / Leonardo Velasco, Begona Perez-Vich and Jose M.Fernandez-Martinez -- The malting quality of barley / Roxana Savin, Valeria S. Passarella and Jose Luis Molina-Cano