This book is a significant publication that provides comprehensive technical information on practical aspects of seed processing. The book is authored by experienced professionals who have worked in various national and multinational companies and possess in-depth knowledge of the latest developments in the vegetable seed industry. This publication is an invaluable resource for individuals involved in seed processing, offering a practical guide for academic researchers, students, and those pursuing courses in seed processing and storage.
Seed Processing Terminology
Practical 1. Visit to a Shop Floor of a Seed Processing Unit
Practical 2. Seed Extraction Methods Activity: Seed Extraction of Tomato
Practical 3.Seed Quality Up-gradation
Practical 4. Estimation of Physical Properties of Seeds
Practical 5. Seed Blending
Practical 6. Determination of Mechanical Injury After Processing
Practical 7. Basic Seed Processing Equipments
Practical 8. Advanced Equipments of Processing
Practical 9. Standardization of Screen Sizes for Seed Processing
Practical 10. Effect of Screen Sizes on Seed Quality
Practical 11. Importance of Moisture in Seed Processing and Seed Quality Enhancement by Use of Spiral Graders in Soya Bean
Practical 12. Seed Drying
Practical 13. Seed Treating Methods, Equipments and Evaluating the Quality of Treated Seeds
Practical 14. Effect of Pre-sowing Seed Treatment on Quality of Seedlings
Practical 15. Seed Priming
Practical 16. Designing a Low Cost Drum Seed Priming Unit
Practical 17. Seed Pelleting
Practical 18. Study of Packaging Materials
Practical 19. Seed Fumigation
Practical 20. Measurement of Seed Moisture Content
Practical 21. The Relationship of Seed Moisture Content and Mechanical Damage
Practical 22. Seed Storage: Validating Harringtons Rules for a Particular Area
Practical 23. Quantification of Seed Processing Efficiency (SPE)
Practical 24. Visit to Commercially Controlled and Uncontrolled Seed Storages
Practical 25. Study of PPE and ESH in Seed Processing
Practical 26. Application of Hagberg Falling Number Method in Predicting High Moisture Damage and Storage of Seeds in Wheat and Paddy
Practical 27. Estimation of Post Harvest Seed Losses
Practical 28. Seed Sampling at Processing Plant
Practical 29. Management of Stacking and the Problem of 'Stackburn'
Practical 30. Deciding Suitability of Paddy Seed for Drying and Storage
Worksheets
Worksheet-1: Measurement of physical properties of seeds
Worksheet-2: Measuring mechanical injury in soya bean and preparation of 1% Sodium hypochlorite solution
Worksheet-3: Internal Audit Form Ppes and Esh
Worksheet-4: Various seed quality parameters and quantification methods
