- Industry: Agriculture
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The seed being free of contamination from other genotypes, dirt, or foreign matter.
Industry:Agriculture
The study of processes involved with seed development, in germination and its control, and in the utilization of seed reserves during the early stages of seedling growth.
Industry:Agriculture
Growing the seed of a particular variety on a large scale for sale to farmers or for use in experiments.
Industry:Agriculture
Process by which moisture, temperature, and/or light is provided to ensure optimum conditions for seed germination.
Industry:Agriculture
Refers primarily to conditions of the seeds or seedlots as planting materials which may be affected by the presence of pathogens, insects and contaminants such as weeds.
Industry:Agriculture
An application of chemicals or fungicides to cover and protect seeds from parasites, pathogens, or adverse environmental conditions that cause damage to the seed or seedling.
Industry:Agriculture
A physical or physiological condition of a viable seed that prevents germination even under favorable germination conditions.
Industry:Agriculture
Dispatch of seed to other users. The way in which seed is distributed on the soil.
Industry:Agriculture
In rice, the seed coat or testa is firmly adhered to the maternal pericarp as one of the protective layers of the seed kernel.
Industry:Agriculture
A rectangular box specially constructed with the open top filled with good soil for germinating seeds.
Industry:Agriculture
