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Increasing Seed Number
High correlations are often observed between yield and plant seed number. These correlations are frequently interpreted as indicating a causal...
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Hybrid Seed Generation System Management to Ensure the Seed Quality in Pearl Millet
In pearl millet, a number of hybrids with higher yield, variable maturity, tolerance to various diseases, and insect pests were developed and...
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Variation in seed number/mass trade-off for Pinus yunnanensis along a natural climate gradient in the mountains of Southwest China
A putative seed number/mass trade-off is fundamental to understanding the evolution of forest species and their capacity to recover from increasing...
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Seed Coating: A Sustainable Way to Compensate for the Loss of Plant Number Per Unit Area in Sugar Beet Fields
Different methods of sugar beet seed threshing have been used to improve the seed cultivation value. Two types of processing are common, including...
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Indian Seed Sector
The Indian seed sector is one of the most vibrant industries in the country. It is unique with a strong public and private industry. The evolution of...
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Seed Germination of Almond Species
Almonds have hard shells (endocarps), and in some species, mechanical and/or chemical scarification, such as immersion in sulfuric acid, is required...
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Seed-borne fungi: challenges in seed health testing for biosecurity and agricultural sustainability
Seed is one of the key inputs which play an important role in ensuring long-term conservation of crops for sustainability. On the other hand,...
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Diseases of Seed Spices
Diseases caused by fungal pathogens are important biotic constraints in the production of seed spices in India. A few bacteria and viruses also cause...
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Chemistry of Seed Spices
Historically, India has been recognized as a land of spices. Spices have been known for ages as a culinary and effective therapeutic food. The power...
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Genetic Resources of Seed Spices
India is a major producer, consumer, and exporter of seed spices in the world. The major seed spices, namely, coriander, cumin, fennel, and...
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Vegetable Seed Production
Unlike field crops where the cultural practices of raising seed crops are mostly similar to the commercial crops, in case of the vegetables, not only...
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Nigella (Black Cumin, Black Seed)
Black cumin or black seed as Nigella sativa is more often called and is an important spice and medicinal plant that probably originated in the...
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Testing Seed for Quality
The value of seed depends on its quality. Hence, evaluation of seed quality is of critical value in any seed production system. It is, therefore,...
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Seed Vigour and Invigoration
Seed vigour is an important aspect of seed quality. It is a quantitative trait which is responsible for overall seed performance in terms of rate and...
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Seed Health: Testing and Management
Healthy seeds play an important role in growing a healthy crop. Seed health testing is performed by detecting the presence or absence of insect...
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Seed Quality Enhancement
With the expansion of precision and intensive agriculture, seed quality, which alone could contribute up to 15–20 per cent in terms of crop...
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Seed Storage and Packaging
Storage is an essential component of seed programmes, which primarily aims at maintaining the high-quality standards of the seed from harvest till...
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Seed Dormancy and Germination
Seeds are highly dehydrated, quiescent or resting structures, and carriers of next generation in the life cycle of plants. Seeds have different...
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Principles of Quality Seed Production
Plant breeding and seed technology are the two arms of crop improvement programmes. The ultimate goal of any plant breeding programme is to make...
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Hybrid Seed Production Technology
Hybrid technology, harnessing the advantage of heterosis between two diverse genotypes to achieve maximum hybrid vigour, is widely recognized and...