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Identification of Seeds of Field Crops

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Topic: Identification of seed and seed materials of field crops and, vegetable crops., , Objectives:, ¢ To bea familiar with field crops and vegetable crops seed., * To be acquainted different field crops and vegetable crops seed., , Material required:, " Different field crops seed and vegetables seed., * Polythene and Plastic bottle., , Theory:, , Seed and seed materials: Seed can be defined as a fertilized ovule consisting of intact, embryo, stored food and seed coat which is viable and has got the capacity to germinate., Botanically seed may be defined as a fertilized mature ovule that posses an embryonic plant,, stored food material covered by a protective coat or coats which is viable and has got capacity, to germinate under favorable environmental conditions. In crop production, seed materials, includes tubers, seedling, bulbs, rhizomes, roots and stem cuttings, all kinds of grafts and, vegetative propagated new plants with exact characters of parents and are used for raising new, crops., In some crops, seeds may develop without fertilization or there is no fusion of gametes, such process is called apomixes. In such case the embryo is develop simply by division of a, diploid cell of the ovule. In seed technological term, the part of the plant used for sowing, , purpose to raise the crop is considered as seed.

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Field Crops, , Cereals Crops