UNIT - I: SEED QUALITY & DETERIORATION
1. Seed Quality and Testing
2. Seed Deterioration
3. Biochemical Tests for Seed Viability
UNIT - II: SEED STORAGE & HANDLING
4. Seed Drying
5. Seed Packaging and Storage
6. Seed Storage And Longevity
7. Stored Grain Pests
UNIT - III: SEED TREATMENT & PROTECTION
8. Seed Treatment
9. Objectionable Plant Disease, Nematodes and Weeds
UNIT - IV: SEED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
10. Improved Seed
11. Genetic Purity and Maintenance
12. Seed Multiplication Ratio (SMR) and Seed Replacement Rate (SRR)
13. Foundation and Certified Seed Production of Cereals and Pulses
14. Foundation and Certified Seed Production of Oilseed and Forage Crops
15. Foundation and Certified Seed Production of Vegetables and Fruits
16. Field Inspection in Seed Production
17. Participatory Seed Production
UNIT - V: SEED CERTIFICATION & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
18. Seed Certification
19. Seed Act, 1966
20. Seed Control Order, 1983
21. Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001
22. Detection of GMOs / LMOs
UNIT - VI: SEED MARKETING & DEMAND
23. Field Inspection and Seed-Production Quality Controls
24. Seed Marketing
25. Forecasting of Seed Demand — Public and Private Sector
26. Seed Village Scheme