relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/6621/
title: Principles and Practices for Groundnut Seed Production in India. Information Bulletin No. 94
creator: Madhan, M M
creator: Nigam, S N
subject: Groundnut
subject: Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
description: Seed production is a specialized farming controlled by various rules and  regulations and requires different treatment than the commercial crop.  A successful seed producer should be well versed with the crop and its  production, packaging and storage technologies and improved varieties and  their characteristics besides being aware of various seed acts and regulations  in operation in the country. This publication deals with brief introduction of the  crop, its origin, taxonomy and reproductive biology and status of groundnut  improvement in India to create awareness about the crop and provides  information on the procedure of release and notification of varieties, seeds  acts and regulations, protection of plant varieties and farmers' rights act, seed  systems prevailing in India and different classes of certified seeds and their  production practices and quality standard requirements. In the last few sections,  the publication deals with the management of seed crop, important varieties  released in India, crop processing, packaging and storage. All those who wish  to undertake groundnut seed production or wish to promote groundnut seed  production will benefit from this publication as it will prepare them well with  the basics of seed production in groundnut.
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
date: 2013
type: Monograph
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/6621/1/Principle_InfoBulletin-94_2013.pdf
identifier:   Madhan, M M and Nigam, S N  (2013) Principles and Practices for Groundnut Seed Production in India. Information Bulletin No. 94.  Technical Report. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.