Seed Production of Vegetable, Tuber and Spice Crops (2+1)

Purposes of seed processing

• To lower the cost of further processes likes storage including transport.
  
• This is achieved by reducing the bulk of the seed lot by cleaning debris and by removing empty or fractured seed (pre- cleaning)
1. To increase the longevity of seeds; by drying seeds to safe moisture content and treating with protective chemicals
2. To reduce the variability in vigour by invigorating the seeds and removing the low vigour seeds
3. To improve the uniformity in seed shape or size by grading or by pelleting.