Seed Quality
Seed is defined as
✔ A ripened ovule or a fertilized matured ovule containing an embryo
which has developed after fertilization.
✔ The dry dispersal unit or matured ovule developed after fertilization
✔ Any part (or) organ of plant which has the capability to regenerate into
a new plant
✔ A propagule responsible for maintaining the intrinsic (or) genetic
qualities of the variety / hybrid.
✔ An ‘embryo’, a living organism embedded in the supporting (or) the
food storage tissue and a protective coat.
✔ Any propagative material.
✔ Miniature plant.
✔ Dormant plant
✔ Link between two generations
✔ Carrier of service material.
✔ Generative part of a plant that develops into a new plant.
However, the widely accepted definition for a seed is a mature ovule that
consists of an embryonic plant together with a store of food, all surrounded
by a protective coat.
As per Seed Act (1966) seed includes
✔ Seed of food crops including edible oil seeds and seeds of fruits &
, vegetables.
✔ Cotton seeds
✔ Seeds of cattle fodder
✔ Jute seeds
✔ Seedlings, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, roots, cuttings, all types of grafts
and other vegetatively propagated material for food crops (or) cattle
fodder.
Differences between seed and grain
SEED GRAIN
It should be a viable one Need not be a viable one
It should have maximum genetic & Not so
physical purity
Should satisfy minimum seed No such requirements
certification standards
It should be completely treated with It should never be treated with
pesticide /fungicide to protect seed any chemicals, since used for
against storage pests and fungi consumption
Respiration rate and other No such specifications
physiological and biological
processes should be kept at low
level during storage
Should be compulsorily certified / No such condition in grain
truthful labeled production
Seed is defined as
✔ A ripened ovule or a fertilized matured ovule containing an embryo
which has developed after fertilization.
✔ The dry dispersal unit or matured ovule developed after fertilization
✔ Any part (or) organ of plant which has the capability to regenerate into
a new plant
✔ A propagule responsible for maintaining the intrinsic (or) genetic
qualities of the variety / hybrid.
✔ An ‘embryo’, a living organism embedded in the supporting (or) the
food storage tissue and a protective coat.
✔ Any propagative material.
✔ Miniature plant.
✔ Dormant plant
✔ Link between two generations
✔ Carrier of service material.
✔ Generative part of a plant that develops into a new plant.
However, the widely accepted definition for a seed is a mature ovule that
consists of an embryonic plant together with a store of food, all surrounded
by a protective coat.
As per Seed Act (1966) seed includes
✔ Seed of food crops including edible oil seeds and seeds of fruits &
, vegetables.
✔ Cotton seeds
✔ Seeds of cattle fodder
✔ Jute seeds
✔ Seedlings, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, roots, cuttings, all types of grafts
and other vegetatively propagated material for food crops (or) cattle
fodder.
Differences between seed and grain
SEED GRAIN
It should be a viable one Need not be a viable one
It should have maximum genetic & Not so
physical purity
Should satisfy minimum seed No such requirements
certification standards
It should be completely treated with It should never be treated with
pesticide /fungicide to protect seed any chemicals, since used for
against storage pests and fungi consumption
Respiration rate and other No such specifications
physiological and biological
processes should be kept at low
level during storage
Should be compulsorily certified / No such condition in grain
truthful labeled production
