Table of Contents

1: Introduction to Flower Seeds and the Flower Seed Industry, Miller B McDonald and Francis Y Kwong 2: History of the Flower Seed Industry, Nona Koivula, All-America Selections and the National Garden Bureau, Illinois, USA 3: Ornamental Bedding Plant Industry and Plug Production, Debbie Hamrick, Flora Culture International Magazine 4: The Uses and Potential of Wildflower Seed in Landscaping, Gene P Milstein, Applewood Seed Company, Colorado, USA 5: Breeding Flower Seed Crops, Neil O Anderson, University of Minnesota, USA 6: Factors Affecting Flowering in Ornamental Plants, John Erwin, University of Minnesota, USA 7: Seed Development and Structure in Floral Crops, Deborah J Lionakis Meyer, California Department of Food & Agriculture, USA 8: Flower Seed Physiology and Plug Production, Miller B McDonald 9: Seed Dormancy in Wild Flowers, Carol C Baskin and Jerry M Baskin, University of Kentucky, USA 10: Flower Seed Longevity and Deterioration, Miller B McDonald 11: Flower Seed Production, Francis Y Kwong 12: Flower Seed Cleaning and Grading, Francis Y Kwong, Ruth L Sellman, Henk Jalink and Rob van der Schoor, PanAmerican Seed Company, and Plant Research International, The Netherlands 13: Flower Seed Priming, Pregermination, Pelleting and Coating, G Tonko Bruggink, Syngenta Seeds BV, The Netherlands 14: Laboratory Germination Testing of Flower Seed, Marian Stephenson, California Dept of Food and Agriculture, and Jolan Mari, PanAmerican Seed Company, USA 15: Tetrazolium Testing for Flower Seeds, Annette Miller, USDA, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA 16: Vigor Testing in Flower Seeds, Robert L Geneve, University of Kentucky, USA 17: Conserving Herbaceous Ornamental Plant Germplasm, David Tay, Ohio State University, USA 18: Conclusions, Miller R McDonald and Francis Y Kwong