Advances in Seed Science and Technology

Contents: Foreword. 1. Seed production in relation to PPV and FR Act/H.S. Chawla. 2. Seed: An overview/Prbha Shankar Shukla and Birendra Prasad. 3. Genetics of seed development/ Prbha Shankar Shukla and Vandana Bhakuni. 4. Biochemistry of seed germination/Samindra Baishya, Surojit Sen and Sunayana Rathi. 5. Generation system of seed multiplication and quality control/P.K. Shrotria and Prabha Shankar Shukla. 6. Seed treatments: An overview/Sandeep Kumar Lal, Shiv K. Yadav, Prabhat Kumar, P.S. Shukla and Manoj Kumar. 7. DUS testing and registration of plant varieties/P.K. Shrotria and Prabha Shankar Shukla. 8. Seed invigoration/ Prabha Shankar Shukla and Vikram Prasad Pandey. 9. Detection and identification of seed borne microorganism through ELISA and PCR based Assay/Birendra Prasad, Bijendra Kumar and Prabha Shankar Shukla. 10. Advances in Hybrid seed production technology of vegetable crops/Udit Kumar, Manoj Raghav, Girish Chandra and Birendra Prasad. 11. Organic seed production: prospect and challenges/Prabha Shankar Shukla and Raghuraj Kishor Tiwari. 12. Seed production of vegetable crops/Y.V. Singh. 13. Seed production in Annual ornamentals/Prabhat Kumar, D.V.S. Raju, S.K. Lal, Sapna Panwar, Namita and Kanwar Pal Singh. 14. Quality seed in vegetable production/Udit Kumar, Manoj Raghav, Girish Chandra and D.N. Kamat. 15. Magnetic seed treatment/K. Raja. Seed is a dynamic instrument of change as the three basic necessities of a human being i.e. food, clothing and shelter are met by agriculture and agriculture revolves around seed. The book entitled Advances in Seed Science and Technology address the issue vital to modern seed growers, teachers, researchers, extension functionaries, policy makers and students as well as workers engaged in seed industries. This book deals with an over view of seed science related to seed development, germination, multiplication, treatments, seed testing, genetics of seed development, seed physiology and deterioration. It is comprised with modern techniques of seed enhancement, seed production, seed law enforcement, Intellectual Property Right, seed treaty, along with application of nanotechnology in seed science. The book would be also use full and instructive to stake holders for planning and execution in seed industry as an efficient way. …