ISSN 0103-667X Volume 21, nº 1 April, 2011 `` INFORMATIVO ABRATES´´ BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEEDS TECHNOLOGY Special Issue 10th CONFERENCE OF THE InternationaL SOCIETY FOR SEED SCIENCE April 10th to 15th, 2011 - Costa do Sauípe - BA President 1st Vice Event Manager Francisco Carlos Krzyzanowski Antonio Laudares de Farias (EMBRAPA /SNT) 1st Vice President 2nd Vice Event Manager José de Barros França Neto Gilda Pizzolante Pádua (EMBRAPA) 2nd Vice President Fiscal Advice Norimar Dávila Denardini Titulars Roberval Daiton Vieira (UNESP) Financial Director Julio Marcos Filho (ESALQ/USP) Ademir Assis Henning Ivo Marcos Carraro (COODETEC) Vice Financial Director Substitutes Alberto Sérgio do Rego Barros (IAPAR) Silmar Peske (UFPEL) Alessandro Lucca Braccini (UEM) Technical Affairs Diretor Sebastião Medeiros Filho (UFC) Maria Laene Moreira de Carvalho (UFLA) Vice Technical Affairs Diretor Editors of this Issue Denise Cunha Fernandes Santos Dias (UFV) ``Informativo da ABRATES´´ Maria Laene Moreira de Carvalho (UFLA) Event Manager Renato Delmondez de Castro ( UFBA) Maria Selma (APSEMG) Francisco Carlos Krzyanowski (EMBRAPA SOJA) Informativo vol.21, nº.1, 2011 ABRATES General Information The “Informativo ABRATES” is a quadrimestral publication of the Brazilian Association of Seeds Technology. It publishes technical articles of pratical character wich will effectively contribute for the technological development of seed industry. The contents of the articles are of entire responsability of the authors Printing 450 copies Layout Claudinéia Sussai de Godoy Bibliographical Standardization Maria José Ribeiro Betetto CRB 9/ 1.596 Informativo ABRATES, Londrina v. 21, n. 1, April, 2011 Informativo vol.21, nº.1, 2011 ABRATES Summary 1 Organizing Comittee............................................................................................................................................ 005 2 Message of Abrates............................................................................................................................................. 006 3 Message of the Conference and ISSS Presidents............................................................................................ 007 4 10th Conference of the International Society for Seed Science Program................................................. 008 5 List of Papers..................................................................................................................................................... 017 6 Lectures....................................................................................................................................................... 047 6.1 Seed science in the 21st century and its role in emerging economies.................................................................. 048 6.2 Mapping the seed: global dissection of gene activity during arabidopsis seed development............................. 048 6.3 A seed coat bedding assay reveals the role of the seed coat, phytochromes, della factors and aba to control seed germination................................................................................................................................................. 049 6.4 Putting omics tools to work: unraveling the complex trait of seed quality......................................................... 049 6.5 Surviving winter: a molecular genetic approach to understanding seasonal seed dormancy cycles.................. 050 6.6 Modifying expression of thioredoxin in cereals leads to improved resistance to pre-harvest sprouting and other grain properties.......................................................................................................................................... 050 6.7 Seed bank persistence in the future: the mechanistic impacts of climate change on key functional traits......... 051 6.8 Seeds as natural capital: the science and economics of conservation................................................................ 051 6.9 Production, purification and clinical testing of recombinant human insulin from transgenic safflower seeds... 052 6.10 Oilseed transcriptomics....................................................................................................................................... 052 6.11 Global agriculture needs an industrial revolution. how and when can biotechnology contribute?.................... 053 6.12 Breeding business. the future of plant breeding in the light of developments in patent rights and plant breeder’s rights..................................................................................................................................................... 053 6.13 Physiological, biochemical and molecular markers of seed quality.................................................................... 054 6.14 The use of germinated orthodox seeds in studies on desiccation sensitivity...................................................... 054 6.15 Knowledge based research towards accurate and rapid testing of seed quality in winter rape.......................... 055 6.16 The interface of seed treatment and coating technologies with seed biology...................................................... 055 6.17 Evaluation of seed quality: from physiology to international standardisation.................................................... 056 6.18 From high-throughput phenotyping to omics data-analysis and back............................................................... 056 6.19 Desiccant beads for efficient seed drying and storage......................................................................................... 057 6.20 Amazon seed network - the state of art............................................................................................................... 057 6.21 Cerrado seeds network........................................................................................................................................ 058 6.22 Validation of methodology for seed germination tests of native brazilian tropical forest species...................... 058 Informativo vol.21, nº.1, 2011 ABRATES 4 6.23 Advancing seed science by joint efforts of academia and seed industry............................................................ 059 7 Oral Presentations.............................................................................................................................................. 061 7.1 Session 01 Seed Development and Maturation................................................................................................... 061 7.2 Session 02 Seed Dormancy and Germination..................................................................................................... 067 7.3 Session 03 Seed and Seedling Stress Tolerance................................................................................................... 081 7.4 Session 04 New seed uses and Seed Biotechnology............................................................................................ 089 7.5 Session 05 Seed Ecology.................................................................................................................................... 095 7.6 Session 06 Biodiversity and Germplasm Conservation...................................................................................... 099 8 Poster Presentations........................................................................................................................................... 107 8.1 Session 01 Seed Development and Maturation................................................................................................... 107 8.2 Session 02 Seed Dormancy and Germination.................................................................................................... 119 8.3 Session 03 Seed and Seedling Stress Tolerance.................................................................................................. 203 8.4 Session 04 New Seed Uses and Seed Biotechnology.......................................................................................... 241 8.5 Session 05 Seed Ecology.................................................................................................................................... 257 8.6 Session 06 Biodiversity and Germplasm Conservation...................................................................................... 273 8.7 Session 07 Especial Themes............................................................................................................................... 285 9 Index by Authors............................................................................................................................................. 311 10 Index by Subject................................................................................................................................................ 322 Informativo vol.21, nº.1, 2011 ABRATES 5 Institutions Scientific Committee Conference Promotion: Dr. Henk W.M. Hilhorst International Society for Seed Science (ISSS) (co-chair) - Wageningen University, The Netherlands Realization: Dr. Kent J. Bradford Federal University of Bahia - UFBA (co-chair) - University of California, Davis, USA Resource Managing Institution: Dr. Maria Laene M. de Carvalho Foundation for Research and Development Support of Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil Agribusiness - FAPEAGRO Dr. Alison A Powell University of Aberdeen – UK Organizing Committee Dr. Roberto Benech-Arnold Dr. Renato D. de Castro UBA, Buenos