Seed production: principles and practices

Abstract

Part 1: Principles of Seed Production: Flowering ans seed set. Seed formation and development. Fundamentals of seed production. Planting. Harvesting. Conditioning. Drying and storage. Seed quality and performance. Evolution of the seed industry. Seed certification. Seed marketing. Seed legislation and law enforcement. Part II: Seed Production of Specific Crops. Cereal seeds. Corn. Sorghum. Small grains. Rice. Millets. Buckwheat. Peanut. Sunflower. Rapeseed/canola. Forage legume seeds. Alfalfa. True clovers (cool-season). Miscellaneous forage legumes. Warm-season forage legumes. Cool-season grasses. Major forage grasses. Warm-season grass seeds. Praire grasses. Savannah grasses. Grain legumes. Field and garden beans. Vegetable seeds. Onion. Tomato. Cabbage. Lettuce. Cucumber. Carrot. Sugarbeet. Flower seed production. Flower seeds. Wild flowers and native species. True seeds. Hickory. Pines. Index.