Experimental seed science and technology / Oren Leffler.

By:

Leffler, Oren [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Orleans, LA : White Press Academic, c2020.Description: 296 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781684699858 (hardback)

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

SB113.7 L52 2020

Online resources:

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Contents:

Seed structure and identification -- Seed dormancy -- Seed hardening -- Seed priming -- Seed pelleting -- Upgradation of rice seed quality -- Emasculation and dusting -- Delinting of cotton seed.

Summary: "Seed is the best bet of nature against the ravages of time and all other adversities. Man started appreciating the intense and immense potential of seeds long time ago; further he devised technologies to harness the in situ potential of seeds. The role of seed and seed technology in improving the country's food production needs no overemphasis. Today, seeds are celebrated as a basic tool for secured food supply, a carrier of new technologies, so on and so forth. Never the less, the seed industry has grown into a dictator of modern agriculture."--Back cover

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	URL	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section	Non-fiction	RUS SB113.7 L52 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	80416		00082786

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Seed structure and identification -- Seed dormancy -- Seed hardening -- Seed priming -- Seed pelleting -- Upgradation of rice seed quality -- Emasculation and dusting -- Delinting of cotton seed.

"Seed is the best bet of nature against the ravages of time and all other adversities. Man started appreciating the intense and immense potential of seeds long time ago; further he devised technologies to harness the in situ potential of seeds. The role of seed and seed technology in improving the country's food production needs no overemphasis. Today, seeds are celebrated as a basic tool for secured food supply, a carrier of new technologies, so on and so forth. Never the less, the seed industry has grown into a dictator of modern agriculture."--Back cover

Fund 164 Linar International Book Resources, Inc. Purchased 06/06/2022 80416 pnr PHP 5,525.00 2022-05-333 2022-1-0319

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