Seed Production

This is the only book to integrate seed technology and the production of agronomic species. It covers the principles and practices involved in producing, conditioning, evaluating, and marketing high quality seeds. The current seed production technology for each species is reviewed, including seeding methods; weed, insect and disease control; roguing and purification; harvesting, conditioning, bagging, and marketing. All production and research personnel in the seed industry, researchers in government and academia, and graduate students in agronomy and crop science will find this volume an essential resource.