A Handbook of Seed Testing

Seed is the unique biology input in agriculture,which imbibes in it the productivity potential of the crop.this potential in teram of both quanty and quality is realisable by the timely use of other inputs.it is therefore importance to plan and produce adequate quantities of good quality seed to realise enhanced agricultural producation and higher income to farmers.the use of high quality seed will enable to reduce the gap between potential and actual yield of all crop.

1. Introduction
2. History of Seed Testing
3. Principals and Procedures of Seed Testing
4. Sampling
5. Purity Analysis
6. Seed Weight Determination
7. Moisture Test
8. Germination Test
9. Viability Test
10. Vigour Test
11. Seed Dormancy
12. Seed Health Test
13. Cultivar Purity Test
14. Testing of Pelleted / Coated Seed
15. Testing of Tree and Shrub Seeds
16. Tolerances in Seed Testing
17. Modelling of a Seed Testing Laboratory