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Agrobios Climate Change and Quality Seed Production Technology by Koutu G K Et Al
Contents: Preface. Foreword. 1. Indian seed industry: accomplishment and opportunities. 2. Strengthening of informal seed system for food security. 3. Organic seed production and crop improvement: challenges and opportunities. 4. Climate change and quality seed production: problems and mitigation approach. 5. Recent advances in seed quality enhancement. 6. Recent advances in transgenic purity testing. 7. Bio-safety regulation in transgenic crops. 8. Genetically modified crops: current status and future prospects. 9. Seed production technology of oilseed crops. 10. Hybrid production technology for quality seeds. 11. Seed production technology of pulse crops. 12. Subject index. Crop variety development and quality seed supply are the two prime elements that provide the foundation to realize higher crop productivity ensuring food security to the nation quality. During the green revolution era, Indian agriculture observed tremendous growth due to the introduction of seeds of high yielding varieties. Despite the substantial institutional framework for seed production, the availability of quality seeds continued to be a major problem for the farmers. As a result, they prefer to rely on farm-saved seeds operating on informal mode. This informal seed system needs to be strengthened as it accounts for 65-70% of all food crops cultivated, ensure dietary diversity in smallholder communities and conservation of biodiversity of locally well-adapted germplasm with greater resilience in the face of climate change and natural disasters. Due to climate change, there is an incidence of frequent substantial differences in rainfall, terminal heat stress, soil salinity, flooding etc. reducing seed yield and quality. Adaptation and mitigation strategies for the seed sector against the drastic effect of climate change includes the development of climate resilience cultivars, changing sowing dates, soil application and seed priming with different micro-nutrients and bio-regulators.