Seed Production of Vegetable, Tuber and Spice Crops

Schedule

Theory

1. Introduction to seed and seed quality
2. History and Development of Vegetable Seed Industry in India
3. Scope for vegetable seed production in India
4. Principles and practices of vegetable seed production
5. Factors affecting quality seed production
6. Varietal and hybrids seed production in solanaceous vegetables
7. Varietal and hybrid seed production in bhendi and onion
8. Varietal and hybrid seed production in gourds
9. Varietal and hybrid seed production in amaranthus and moringa
10. Varietal and hybrid seed production in leguminous and exotic vegetables
11. Seed production in Cabbage and Cauliflower
12. Seed production in carrot, radish and beetroot
13. Seed production in coriander, fennel and fenugreek
14. Seed production in pepper (Piper nigrum)
15. Seed production in potato
16. Seed production in tapioca
17. Mid-term examination
18. Seed production technology in turmeric and ginger
19. Physiological and harvestable maturity for seeds
20. Threshing and seed extraction methods
21. Drying principles and methods
22. Seed processing
23. Grading and upgrading equipments
24. Seed certification
25. Seed testing
26. Purity analysis and germination test for seeds
27. Seed treatment
28. Seed storage
29. Seed packing and godown storage
30. Seeds act and rules
31. Central seed committee, central seed certification board, state seed certification agency, central and state seed testing laboratories
32. Seed law enforcement
33. Seed control order (1983) and new seed policy (2002)
34. Seed village concept
Practical

1. Study of seed structure, colour,size, shape and texture of vegetable and spice crop seeds
2. Study of varietal characters in different vegetable crops
3. Identification of off-types, rogues in different vegetables
4. Practicing field counting procedures in broadcast and row crop of open pollinated and hybrid seed field.
5. Visit to varietal and hybrid seed production field
6. Study of harvest indices, fruit grading and seed extraction techniques
7. Seed production planning – calculation of area requirement for different classes of seed and seed production economics
8. Visit to seed processing unit
9. Seed sampling – equipments – mixing and dividing methods
10. Moisture estimation – equipments used – reporting results
11. Purity analysis – equipments used – reporting results
12. Seed germination testing – tetrazolium test – evaluation
13. Seedling evaluation – seed health test – testing and identification of pathogen / insects
14. Visit to seed testing – laboratory
15. Seed invigouration techniques – hardening – pelleting
16. Seed enhancement techniques – colour and gravity separation
17. Practical examination