Basics of Quality Seed Production

The book provides basic knowledge about seed production. It covers introduction about importance of seed and seed Act 1966, Quality seed production (including categories of seed; seed indents; factors affecting seed quality; maintenance of genetic purity etc.), Taxonomy, classification and quality seed production of pigeonpea (including classification; taxonomy; wild relatives; hybridization; seed production etc.), Quality seed production of vegetable legumes (including importance of legumes; seed production; factors to consider in seed production and seed production in crops like: vegetable soybean; garden pea; french bean; cowpea lablab beans & cluster bean), Quality seed production of okra (including land requirement; where to get the seed?, isolation and pollination; time & method of sowing; manure and fertilizer; seed rate and spacing; flowering and roguing; diseases, insect-pests and their control; harvesting and threshing; what to be cared?; seed yield; 1000-seed weight etc.), Quality seed production in legume forage crops (including clusterbean; cowpea; lucern and berseem), Seed certification standards includes different certification standards, field inspection and seed certification for quality seed production, Maintenance breeding for quality seed production (including maintenance of self and cross pollinated crops), and Release and notification of varieties (including different performa for resease and notification of varieties). It also includes text abbreviations and glossary.