Hort- 417 Vegetable and Flower Seed production.

2(1-1)
(Elective Course)

THEORY:
Introduction; Classification of vegetable and flower seed crops; Floral seed biology;
Soil and climatic requirements; Breeding systems. Methods of seed production;
Hybrid Seed production; Maturity Indices; Quality control; Postharvest handling and
processing, seed storage; Seed testing and enhancement; Legislation and law
enforcement.

PRACTICAL:
Identification of vegetable and flower seed; Practical performance of different
methods; Crossing, isolation, pollination; Roughing, harvesting, threshing, cleaning,
grading, packaging, storage and seed testing.

Books Recommended:

1. McDonald, M.B. 1998. Seed Production Princples and Practices. CBS-Publisher

& Distributer, New Dehli, India.
2. McDonald, M.B. and F.Y. Kwong. 2005. Flower Seeds (Biology and Technology).
CABI Publishing, CAB International Wallingford, Oxford Shire, UK.
3. Nepal, S., D.K. Sing and V. Kumar. 2006. Vegetable Seed Production Technology.
International Book Distributory Co. Charbagh, Lucknow. India.
4. Sing, P. 2000. Vegetable Breeding, Production and Seed Production. . Kalyani
Publishers, India.
Sing, P. 1999. Vegetable Seed Production Principles. Kalyani Publishers, India.
 Teaching Schedule for Hort-417 Theory
Week Contents to be Name of Book/Article Pages Teachers
covered Name
1 Introduction; Vegetable Seed 9-16 Dr. Khurram
Classification of Production Principles Ziaf
vegetable seed crops (VSPP)+ Handout
2 Floral biology & VSPP+Horticulture 17-31, Dr. Khurram
Pollination 118-121 Ziaf
3 Breeding systems: VSPP+Horticulture 43-51, Dr. Khurram
Types, Fertilization & 121-125 Ziaf
Development
4 Breeding systems: VSPP 43-51 Dr. Khurram
Incompatibility & Ziaf
Male Sterility,
5 Planning seed Handouts Dr. Khurram
production; Soil and Ziaf
climatic requirements
6 Methods of seed VSPP 123-127 Dr. Khurram
production Ziaf
7 Hybrid Seed VSPP 135-146 Dr. Khurram
production Ziaf
8 Maturity Indices VSPP 171-177 Dr. Khurram
Ziaf
9 Midterm Examination
10 Quality control
11 Postharvest handling
and processing
12 Seed storage
13 Seed testing and
enhancement
14 Legislation and law
enforcement
15 Discussion
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