Seed Borne Diseases of Field Crops their Management

The awareness for seed health has increased many folds among planners, researchers, growers, traders, and consumers, in the trade-era of WTO and subsequent post GATT- implications of various treaties. With the implementation of Seed Bill (amendment in Seed Act 1966), the seed health testing shall be an obligatory issue beside the consideration of seed germination and purity tests for certification. However, in Indian Seed Certification System several diseases associated with seeds have been designated as objectionable in seed production programme of Foundation and Certified seeds. The tolerance limits for Seed Crop and Seed Lot have been formulated with Indian Minimum Seed Certification Standards.

1. Certification for Objectionable Seaborne Diseases

2. Seed Health Testing

3. Detection of Seaborne Fungal Pathogens and Salvaging of Infected

4. Detection of Seaborne Bacterial Diseases

5. Detection of Seaborne Transmissible Viruses

6. Detection of Nematodes through Molecular Techniques

7. Loose Smut of Wheat

8. Karnal Bunt of Wheat

9. Wheat Seed-Gall Nematode: Anguina Tritici (Steninbuch, 1799)

10. Kernal Smut of Rice

11. Downy Mildew of Sunflower

12. Grain Smut of Sorghum

13. Head Smut of Sorghum

14. Ergot of Sorghum

15. Downy Mildew and Smut of Pearl Millet

16. Grain Smut of Pearl Millet

17. Ergot of Pearl Millet

18. Halo Blight of Green Gram

19. Cercospora Leaf Spot of Sesame

20. Seed Cane Standards

21. Sugarcane Wilt

22. Red Rot of Sugarcane

23. Sugarcane Smut

24. Smut of Sugarcane

25. Potential Threat of Seed Associated Pathogens in Major Pulse Crops

26. Potential Threats of Seed Associated Pathogens in Major Oilseed Crops and their Management

27. Management of Seed Associated Diseases through Seed Treatment

28. Management of Seed Associated Diseases through Physical Methods

29. Transgenic Crops: Biosafety Issue and International Regulations Impacting their Development

30. Genetic and Breeding of Nematode Resistance

31. Subject Index