Advances in Seed Science and Technology : Vol: 1: Recent Trends in Seed Technology and Management

Contents I. Seed Industry 1. WTO measures on agriculture what must India do/C. Ramasamy. 2. Seed technology and management Indian situation/K. Vanangamudi and K. Natarajan. 3. New technologies in seed industry/K. Vanangamudi A. Bharathi N. Natarajan and Mallika Vanangamudi. 4. Socio economic implications of seed industry regulations in India an overview/C. Ramasamy and S. Senthilnathan. 5. New avenues in seed industry/T.M. Thiyagarajan. 6. Development of seed industry organization and agencies involved in seed industry in India/P. Srimathi and K. Natarajan. 7. Small scale seed enterprises structure prospects and legal considerations/S. Kannan T. Saravanan P. Saravanan K. Natarajan and K. Vanangamudi. II. Seed Germination 8. Physiology and biochemistry of seed dormancy/Mallika Vanangamudi and K. Natarajan. 9. Physiology and biochemistry of seed germination/Mallika Vanangamudi and K. Natarajan. III. Genetically Modified Seeds 10. Transgenics for crop improvement/T. Saravanan K. Natarajan and K. Vanangamudi. 11. Role of molecular markers and marker assisted selection in crop improvement/T. Saravanan V. Parvathi and K. Vanangamudi. 12. Employment of terminator and other related technologies in seed science and technology/V. Padma and G. V. Ramanjaneyulu. 13. Somatic embryogenesis and synthetic seed production/V. Krishnasamy and T. Ramanadane. 14. Antisense RNA technology in tomato/T. Saravanan. 15. Bacillus thuringiensis in pest management/G. Thilagavathi H. Savidha T. Saravanan and K. Vanangamudi. IV. Seed Quality Enhancement 16. Problems and prospects of dryland agriculture in India/P. Subbian S. Marimuthu and S. Marimuthu. 17. Seed fortification infusion and osmopriming/R. Jerlin R. Umarani and K. Vanangamudi. 18. Seed hardening for drought resistance/K. Vanangamudi A. Bharathi and P. Murugesan. 19. Seed hardening research around the world for dryland and garden land eco system/P. Srimathi and K. Natarajan. 20. Seed hardening with chemicals and botanicals/N. Natarajan. 21. Genesis and improvement of the concept of seed pelleting/A. Bharathi P. Natesan M. Bhaskaran Sherin Susan John and P. Thangavel. 22. Seed pelleting principles and practices/V. Krishnasamy. 23. Current scenario of seed pelleting in agricultural crops/A.S. Ponnuswamy. 24. Current scenario of seed pelleting in horticultural and forestry crops/M. Bhaskaran A. Bharathi P. Natesan R. Umarani and K. Vanangamudi. 25. Seed pelleting for aerial seeding/V. Shivakumar B. Gurudev Singh R. Anandalakshmi and K. Vanangamudi. 26. National and international scenario of firms and machinery in pelleting and coating/R. Umarani R. Jerlin and K. Vanangamudi. 27. Future perspectives for research on seed pelleting/T. Jayaraj A. Sabir Ahamed and R. Umarani. 28. Current scenario of seed coating polymer/K. Vanangamudi A. Bharathi P. Natesan M. Bhaskaran and G. Sasthri. 29. Studies on seed coloring in cereals pulses oil seeds and vegetable seeds/Vilas A.Tonapi Harinath Babu P and N.A. Ansari. 30. Seed colouring in horticultural crops/P. Natesan A. Bharathi H. Ramya M. Bhaskaran and K. Vanangamudi. 31. Conceptual and utility differences among seed enhancement technologies viz. seed pelleting seed coating and seed colouring/A. Bharathi P. Natesan K. Vanangamudi Sherin Susan John H. Ramya and P. Thangavel. 32. Signal transduction under biotic and abiotic stress/K.R.V. Sathyasheelag Kayalvizhi T. Saravanan R. Renuka and K. Vanangamudi. 33. Principles and practice of aerial seeding in tree species/K. Subramanian V. Sivakumar and B. Gurudev Singh. 34. Bio inoculants in forest seed and seedling management/S. Balaji and T. Kalaiselvi. V. Seed Production 35. Choice of agricultural crops and varieties adoptable in rainfed and garden land ecosystem/T.S. Raveendran and M. Kumar. 36. Production practices and maintenance of nucleus and breeder seeds/J. Renuga Devi and K. Vanangamudi. 37. Nucleus and breeder seed production in cross pollinated crops/A. Nirmalakumari K. Natarajamoorthy J. Renugadevi and.…