Seed Production Techniques For Vegetables Study Material pdf Kashmir University

Availability of quality seeds of improved cultivars is considered crucial for realizing productivity and adoption of cultivars in different agro-climatic conditions. The quality of seed alone is known to account for at least 10-15% increase in the productivity (ICAR 1993).
However, lack of quality seed continues to be one of the greatest impediments to bridging the vast yield gap. Therefore, to approach the potentially realizable yield of a cultivar, production and distribution of quality seed is essential. The good quality seed should have the following
characters:
 Genetic purity, and uniformity and should conform to the standards of the particular cultivar.
 Disease free, viable seeds.
 Free from admixtures of other crop seeds, weeds and inert matter.
 Acceptable uniformity with respect to size, shape and color.

Seed Production
 Systemized crop production is known as seed production. In seed production adequate
care is given from the purchase of seeds upto harvest adopting proper seed and crop management techniques.
The benefits of seed production are
 Higher income
 Higher quality seed for next sowing