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Organic seed production, certification and availability

Code: 9781838796464
Steven P. C. Groot, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands; and Maaike H. J. E. Raaijmakers, Bionext, The Netherlands

Chapter synopsis: Through evolution, plants produce seeds with variation in speed of germination and, for instance, dormancy to spread the risk of germinating in the wrong season. Although domestication and breeding has created crops with more rapid germinating seeds, compared with their wild relatives, for many crops the variation in performance is such that upgrading and seed treatments are needed to create starting materials for commercial crop production. Measures are needed during the production itself, and during harvesting, cleaning and drying. In this chapter we will report on various factors that influence organic seed quality and availability, on methods for seed sorting, upgrading and storage, on methods of seed sanitation that are applicable for organic seeds and on seed certification systems. We will point on research that has been performed in the past and resulted in commercially available methods for upgrading of seed quality and on promising new research lines.

DOI: 10.19103/AS.2017.0029.02
£25.00
Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Organic seed quality control issues: seed maturity 3 Seed disease and pathogen control 4 Application of biologicals to seed 5 Seed priming, pelleting and storage 6 Seed certification and testing 7 Organic seed regulations 8 Organic seed production: contamination issues and availability 9 Summary 10 Future trends 11 Where to look for further information 12 References

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