Importance, Production and Processing of Seeds

by Stefferud, Alfred

ISBN: 9789388027366
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 9495.00
Biblio : viii+264 p., 25 cm

About The Book

Agricultural production depends on a lot of variable factors. Basic catalyst of efficiency of all other factors is the seed. The seed has always been a key factor in agricultural production. Modern crop production and the science of agriculture also confirms that without seed quality we won’t have a successful agricultural production. Quality seed is that one which has genetic purity, physical purity, is healthy and has good physiological condition in accordance with the prescribed standards for seed certification. This book is the compilation of articles from Yearbook of Agriculture. The twenty-four chapters are arranged in three sections treating of (1) the importance of seeds (2) the production of seeds, and (3) the processing of seeds. The articles from Yearbook of Agriculture, compiling our vast knowledge of seeds for greater application, which serves well the people of the world. It is hoped that this book will be useful for teachers, students, researchers, seeds biologists, seed technologists, seed companies, extension workers, growers, farmers and those who are involved in agriculture.

Table of Contents

1. What Seeds Are and Do: An Introduction 3 Victor R. Boswell 2. How Seeds are Formed 17 John W. Mckay 3. The Greatest Service to any Country 25 Marguerite Gilstrap 4. Age-Old Uses of Seeds and Some New Ones 39 5. Producing Seed of Hybrid Corn and Grain Sorghum 55 John M. Airy, L. A. Tatum, and J. W. Sorenson, Jr. 6. Seeds of Oats, Barley, Wheat, and Rice 67 Harland Stevens and John R. Goss 7. Producing Seeds of the Legumes 76 M.W. Pedersen, L.G. Jones, and T. H. Rogers 8. Producing Seeds of Cotton and Other Fiber Crops 90 Billy M. Waddle and Rex F. Colwick 9. New Ways with Seeds of Sugarbeets 96 Dewey Stewart 10. Producing and Harvesting Tobacco Seed 106 James E. McMurtrey, Jr. 11. Growing Vegetable Seeds for Sale 109 Leslie R. Hawthorn 12. Seeds for Rootstocks of Fruit and Nut Trees 121 L.C. Cochran, W.C. Cooper, and Earle C. Blodgett 13. Pollination of Seed Crops by Insects 131 George E. Bohart and Frank E. Todd 14. Insecticides and Honey Bees 142 Frank E. Todd and S.E. McGregor 15. Some Insect Pests of Important Seed Crops 148 F. V. Lieberman, F.F. Dicke, and Orín A. Hills 16. Insects, Viruses, and Seed Crops 159 Orín A. Hills, Kenneth E. Gibson, and W.F. Rochow 17. Diseases that Seeds can Spread 168 K.W. Kreitlow, C.L. Lefebvre, J.T. Presley, and W.J. Zaumeyer 18. The Commercial Production of Seeds of Flowers 179 Howard Bodger 19. Collecting and Handling Seeds of Forest Trees 187 Paul O. Rudolf 20. Seed Treatments for Control of Disease 196 Earle W. Hanson, Earl D. Hansing, and W.T. Schroeder 21. The Control of Weeds in Seed Crops 209 W.C. Shaw and L.L. Danielson 22. The Seeds of Wild Flowers 219 P. L. Ricker 23. Why and How Seeds are Dried? 233 N. Robert Brandenburg, Joseph W. Simons, and Lloyd L. Smith 24. Equipment for Cleaning Seeds 248 Leonard M. Klein, James Henderson, and Abraham D. Stoesz