Seed Production Principles and Practices
Plant breeders continue to make significant advances in developing high yield ing, adaptable, disease-free crops. These advances, however, are not realized until an efficient seed production system is in place that rapidly increases geneti cally superior crops and makes them available to the consu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1997, 1997
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1997 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I: Principles of Seed Production
- 1 Flowering and Seed Set
- 2 Seed Formation and Development
- 3 Fundamentals of Seed Production
- 4 Planting
- 5 Harvesting
- 6 Conditioning
- 7 Drying and Storage
- 8 Seed Quality and Performance
- 9 Evolution of the Seed Industry
- 10 Seed Certification
- 11 Seed Marketing
- 12 Seed Legislation and Law Enforcement
- II: Seed Production of Specific Crops
- 13 Cereal Seeds
- 14 Oil Seeds
- 15 Forage Legume Seeds
- 16 A. Cool-Season Grasses
- 17 Warm-Season Grass Seeds
- 18 Grain Legumes
- 19 Vegetable Seeds
- 20 Flower Seed Production
- 21 Tree Seeds
- Index 719