Quality seed is the fore most and most cost effective input for crop production. It is time for researchers as well as policy makers to reorient the strategy of vegetable seed production in India. Now it is not only a question of providing enough vegetables for a balance diet, but also to produces good quality seeds that are acceptable and competitive in the international market. The book ‘Seed Production Technology of Vegetables ‘ is intended as a reference for all concerned with the basic vegetable seed production technologland requirements, field inspection, field and seed standards, brief cultural practices, important varieties/hybrids, classification history, climatic factors affecting seed production, botany and floral biology, mode of reproduction, principles of seed production, techniques for hybrid seed production, quality of seed, seed germination, seed policy, seed certification, seed act and seed rules. This book may be of great utility and intend to be a better guide to the students, teachers, research scientist, extension worker Policy makers, various seed companies, horticulture department, vegetable seeds producers and farming community as a whole who directly and indirectly are engaged in the production of quality seeds.
Table of Contents * Chapter 1: Introduction * Chapter 2: Classification of Vegetables * Chapter 3: History of Vegetables Seed Production * Chapter 4: Climatic Factors Affecting Vegetable Seed Production * Chapter 5: Botany and Floral Biology of Vegetable Crops * Chapter 6: Modes of Reproduction in Vegetable Crops * Chapter 7: Principals of Vegetable Seed Production * Chapter 8: Tehniques for Hybrid Seed Production * Chapter 9: Seed Production of Vegetables, Family-Solanaceae, Brinjal, Tomato, Chilli and Bell Pepper, Potato, Family-Malvaceae, Okara, Family-Cruciferae, Radish , Cauliflower, Cabbage, Turnip, Family-Alliaceae, Onion, Family-Legunminosae, Pea, Fenugreek, French bean, Cowpea, Family-Chenopodiaceae, Spinach Beet (Palak), Family-Umbelliferae, Coriander, Carrot, Family-Cucubitaceae, Cucumber, Muskmelon, Watermelon, Bitter Gourd, Family-Compositae, Lettuce * Chapter 10: Quality of Seeds * Chapter 11: Seed Germination and Seed Dormancy * Chapter 12: Economics of Hybrids Seed Production * Chapter 13: Biotechnology in Vegetable Seed Production * Chapter 14: National Seed Policy * Chapter 15: Certification of Seeds * Chapter 16: Seed Act and Seed Rules
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