Vegetable Seed Production Technology

Contents: 1. General seed certification standards. 2. Seed production technology of Cole crops. 3. Fruit vegetables. 4. Leguminous vegetable crops. 5. Root vegetables. 6. Tuber vegetable crop. 7. Bulbous vegetable crop. 8. Cucurbits. 9. Leafy vegetable crops. Appendix. Subject index.

"The Book "Vegetable Seed Production Technology" has been compiled by the authors keeping in view the production quality of vegetable seeds and to meet out the increasing demand of the country. The quality and yield of vegetable production totally depends upon the quality seeds used by the growers. Quality vegetable crop seed production is itself a business and much more paying on the basis of per unit area to the growers in comparison to other field crops.

The authors have synthesized all the information related to physical and genetic purity of seed under different heads viz. cultivation practices, newly developed varieties and their characters and other related seed standards for each vegetable crop.

The unique feature of this book is that a special attention has been focused on all the latest aspects of vegetable seed production techniques, recent varieties, developed and processing/storage etc. The book has been compiled for the benefit of all those who are engaged in the quality vegetable seed production, students and seed certification agencies. We hope that the information contained in this book will be of immense value to growers/students/researchers/extension workers etc. involved in vegetable seed production industry."