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

Stages of Seed Storage

• The seeds are considered to be in storage from the moment they reach physiological maturity until they germinate or until they are thrown away because they are dead or otherwise worthless.
  
• The entire storage period can be conveniently divided into following stages.
  
• Storage on plants ( physiological maturity until harvest).
  
• Harvest, until processed and stored in a warehouse.
  
• In - storage ( warehouses)
  
• In transit ( Railway wagons, trucks, carts, railway sheds etc.).
  
• In retail stores.
  
• On the user's farm.