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Author : Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Seed industry and trade
ISBN : NYPL:33433083045132
Author : Neil McMullen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043966196
Author : Frank Victor Beck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Grasses
ISBN : UCAL:$B94057
Author : Raymond A. T. George
Publisher : CABI
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845938192
A practical coverage of the principles of producing seeds for the main agricultural crops, this book emphasises producing optimal quality seed, and applies to small and large scale farms worldwide. Cereals such as wheats, rice, barley, rye and maize are covered along with pulses, legumes, oil seed rape and soybean. Coverage includes principles of production such as pollination, agronomy issues such as site selection and cultivar purity, seed processing, drying and storage. A focus on global food security is maintained throughout.
Author : Miller F. McDonald,Lawrence O. Copeland
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 755 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461540748
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 consumer in large quantities at a reasonable cost. Successful seed production requires seed to be genetically pure, free of admixtures, and able to establish rapidly a uniform stand. Seed production is a complex process. Rigorous production criteria are followed by both seed producer and seed companies to ensure that high-quality seed is produced and marketed. These criteria become even more stringent in hybrid seed production. This volume identifies the factors most critical in a successful seed production operation. The fundamental considerations common to all seed crops are established in Part I, Principles of Seed Production. From this founda tion, the practices of seed production are provided in detail in Part II, Seed Production of Specific Crops.
Author : Ton Groosman,Anita Linnemann,Holke Wierema
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Seed industry and trade
ISBN : WISC:89037123239
Author : United States. Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : IND:30000096204411
Author : Lawrence O. Copeland,Miller F. McDonald
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461516194
This Fourth Edition of Principles of Seed Science and Technology, like the fIrst three editions, is written for the advanced undergraduate student or lay person who desires an introduction to the science and technology of seeds. The fIrst nine chapters present the seed as a biological system and cover its origin, development, composition, function (and sometimes nonfunction), performance and ultimate deterioration. The last nine chapters present the fundamentals of how seeds are produced, conditioned, evaluated and distributed in our modern agricultural society. Two new chapters have been added in this fourth edition, one on seed ecology and the second on seed drying. Finally, revisions have been made throughout to reflect changes that have occurred in the seed industry since publication of the Third Edition. Because of the fundamental importance of seeds to both agriculture and to all of society, we have taken great care to present the science and technology of seeds with the respect and feeling this study deserves. We hope that this feeling will be communicated to our readers. Furthermore, we have attempted to present information in a straight-forward, easy-ta-read manner that will be easily understood by students and lay persons alike. Special care has been taken to address both current state-of-the-art as well as future trends in seed technology.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UOM:39015084848319
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264967830
Food systems around the world face a triple challenge: providing food security and nutrition for a growing global population; supporting livelihoods for those working along the food supply chain; and contributing to environmental sustainability. Better policies hold tremendous promise for making progress in these domains.
Author : John Navazio
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781603584524
Now in Paperback “A fantastic guide for organic seed breeders and producers. [Navazio] has taken organic seed production to a higher level.” —Suzanne Ashworth, author of Seed to Seed The Organic Seed Grower is a comprehensive manual for the serious vegetable grower who is interested in growing high-quality seeds using organic farming practices. It is written for both home seed savers and diversified small-scale farmers who want to learn the necessary steps involved in successfully producing a seed crop organically. Detailed profiles for each of the major vegetables provide users with practical, in-depth knowledge about growing, harvesting, and processing seed for a wide range of common and specialty vegetable crops, from Asian greens to zucchini. In addition, readers will find extensive and critical information on topics including: • Seed-borne diseases • The reproductive biology of crop plants • Annual vs. biennial seed crops • Isolation distances needed to ensure varietal purity • Maintaining adequate population size for genetic integrity • Seed crop climates • Seed cleaning basics • Seed storage for farmers • and more . . . This book can serve as a bridge to lead skilled gardeners, who are already saving their own seed, into the idea of growing seed commercially. And for diversified vegetable farmers who are growing a seed crop for sale for the first time, it will provide details on many of the tricks of the trade that are used by professional seed growers. This manual will help the budding seed farmer to become more knowledgeable, efficient, and effective in producing a commercially viable seed crop. Written by well-known plant breeder and organic seed expert John Navazio, The Organic Seed Grower is the most useful guide to best practices in this exciting and important field.
Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019618664
Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel to Study the Research Program of the Economic Research Service
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999-07-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309071529
Every day economic decisions are made in the public and private sectors, based on limited information and analysis. The analysis and information needed for successful public policy has changed rapidly with the growth of the global economy, and so have the means for acquiring them. In the public sector, decision makers rely on information gathered within government agencies, as well as the work of academics and private firms. Sowing the Seeds provides a case study of the need for analysis and information in support of public policy. It combines lessons learned from one of the first government agencies devoted primarily to this function with modern economic theory of organizations. The panel provides analysis and insight on: How and why public economic policy evolves with technological advances. The nature of information and analysis in support of economic policy produced in a government agency. The characteristics of successful information and analysis programs. Evaluating the work of a government agency providing information and analysis. Effective administration and organization of research and information programs in a government agency. Findings and recommendations in this volume will be of interest to managers and executives of research and consulting organizations in the public and private sectors, as well as to economists and policy makers.
Author : Devlin Kuyek
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781926662152
In recent years Canadians have become more and more concerned about the origins of their food and the environmental impacts of pesticides in agriculture. What is less well known is that pesticide corporations such as Monsanto and DuPont have bought their way into the seed industry and are taking control of what was once the exclusive domain of farmers. In Good Crop/Bad Crop, Devlin Kuyek deftly examines the economic and environmental background of the modern seed trade from a Canadian perspective. Historically seeds were viewed more as public goods than as commodities, and plant breeding objectives were widely shared by scientists, governments, and farmers. Now that approach is changing; seeds have become increasingly commodified, and plant breeding has become subject to corporate priorities. Farmers and citizens in Canada, Kuyek points out, need to heed the hard-won lessons from the developing world, where farmers greatly damaged by the much-heralded approaches of the Green Revolution are now taking steps to reclaim control over seed supplies, food security, and their futures.
Author : United States. Agricultural Marketing Service. Grain and Seed Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Seed adulteration and inspection
ISBN : MINN:31951002827745G
