AI6007 - SEED TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS (Syllabus) 2013-regulation Anna University

AI6007 - SEED TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS (Syllabus) 2013-regulation Anna University

AI6007	SEED TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS	LPTC

3003

OBJECTIVES:

• To expose the students to scope and importance of good quality seed production.
• To acquaint them with the principles and special techniques used in the process of production of good quality seed using specific examples.
• To familiarize them with planning, development and organization of seed programmes.

UNIT I	SEED CHARACTERS	9

Definition and characteristics of seed and how it differs from grain; Propagation of crop plants through true seed and vegetative means; Features of good quality seed; Importance of seed in successful crop production; Floral biology: self and cross pollination; Methods of genetic improvement of crop plants such as selection, hybridization, mutation and polyploidy; Seed legislations promulgated in India from 1966 to date and the purpose of each of these legislations.

UNIT II	SEED PRODUCTION AND CERTIFICATION	9

Multiplication of seed and seed material: systems of seed multiplication, classes of seed, multiplication models, multiplication ratio, field selection, planting ratio, isolation needs and rouging; Harvest and extraction of seed; Methods of hybrid seed production; Genetic deterioration during crop production cycles; Seed certification process: legal basis, pre-requisites for applicability, detailed description of the specific steps of the certification process (with particular emphasis on field inspection).

UNIT III	SEED PROCESSING AND TESTING	9

Components of seed processing in a broader sense; Steps in seed processing in its narrower sense: preliminary cleaning, basic cleaning and grading, and equipment used in each of the steps; Seed treatment; Seed drying; Seed sampling; Seed testing: details of specific tests conducted for different purposes (service, certification and seed law enforcement); Standards prescribed for different crops.

UNIT IV	DEVELOPING SEED PROGRAMMES	9

Types of organizations involved in seed production (public, quasi-governmental, private and cooperative), and their objectives and features; Organizational set up of a seed company; Steps involved in planning and developing a seed programme; Seed marketing activities, and analysis of seed demand and supply; Costing and pricing strategies; Economics of production of different crop seed; Seed packaging; Opportunities for Indian seed companies to have a greater share of world seed market; Visit to seed organizations; Preparing seed projects to obtain credit; Export procedures and formalities; Seed/plant quarantine methods.

UNIT V	SEED PRODUCTION IN SPECIFIC CROPS	9

Principles and special techniques used for seed production in important horticultural crops by selecting representatives of vegetable / flower / fruit / spice / condiment / plantation crops.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

• The students will be able to appreciate the different methods of seed production, processing and testing
• They will also have the knowledge on different seed programmes

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Singh, S.P., Commercial Vegetable Seed Production, Kalyani Publishers, Chennai, 2001.
2. Agarwal, R.L., Seed Technology, Oxford IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1995.

REFERENCES

1. Subir Sen and Ghosh, N., Seed Science, Kalyani Publishers, Chennai, 1999.
2. Dahiya, B.S., and Rai, K.N., Seed Technology, Kalyani Publishers, Chennai, 1997.
3. George, Raymond, A.T., Vegetable Seed Production, Longman Orient Press, London and New York, 1985.
4. Hand Book of Seedling Evaluation, ISTA, 1979.