Seed Technology: Progress and Recent Advances

Contents: 1. Overview of seed, seed classes, seed production principles and variety release procedure/M. A. Vaddoria and J. B. Patel. 2. Indian Seed Sector/J.B. Patel and M. A. Vaddoria. 3. Seed germination/M. A. Vaddoria, J. B. Patel and Jyoti Sondarva. 4. Seed vigour testing/M. A. Vaddoria, J.B. Patel and D.R. Mehta. 5. Seed certification/J.B. Patel, M.A. Vaddoria and V.J. Bhatiya. 6. Testing of genuineness of varieties through morphological biochemical and molecular markers/Rukam S. Tomar and Jasminkumar Kheni. 7. Hybrid seed production/J. B. Patel and M. A. Vaddoria. 8. Advances in seed coating and pelleting/M. A. Vaddoria and J. B. Patel. 9. Advances in seed hardening/M. A. Vaddoria and J. B. Patel. 10. Recent advances in seed pathology/C. M. Bhaliya and L. F. Akbari. 11. Recent advances in seed entomology/D. M. Jethva, P. S. Wadaskar and A. M. Bhimani. 12. Maintenance breeding in context to protection of plant varieties and farmers right act/S. Acharya and J. B. Patel. 13. DUS testing and registration of plant varieties under PPV & FR Act/J. B. Patel, C. A. Babariya and M.A. Vaddoria. 14. Seed legislation and intellectual property rights/J. B. Patel and. M. A. Vaddoria. 15. Organic seed production/M. A. Vaddoria and J. B. Patel. 16. Sources of organic seed contamination through synthetic chemicals/Khyati J. Rathod, Jaymin K. Jadav and B. A. Golakiya. 17. Quick germination/C. A. Babariya, Jyoti Sondarva and J. B. Patel. 18. Seed archaeology/Jyoti Sondarva, C. A. Babariya and J. B. Patel. 19. Seed Bank/Ankit Raval, Kalyan Rao and H. L. Dhaduk. 20. Synthetic seed/G. U. Kulkarni, D. R. Mehta, J. B. Patel and M. A. Vaddoria. 21. Export market performance of fruits and vegetables seeds from India/B. Swaminathan, N. J. Ardeshna, R. L. Shiyani and M. Khorajiya. 22. Commonly used terminology of seed science and technology/J. B. Patel, V. J. Bhatiya and M. A. Vaddorias. This book entitled Seed Technology: Progress and Recent Advances have been formulated to help the reader in acquiring the knowledge of Seed archaeology, Seed germination, Seed vigour testing, Seed certification and testing of genuineness of varieties through morphological, biochemical and molecular markers, advances in hybrid seed production, advances in plant pathology, advances in entomology, advances in seed enhancement techniques like, seed pelleting, seed coating, seed hardening, synthetic seed, etc. It also includes the area of applied science and covers the area of organic seed production, seed banks, seed legislation and law governing the seed production. The book would be also useful and instructive to students and researchers in the field of Seed Science and Technology in an efficient way.…