Principles of Seed Technology 3. Credit Hours : 3 (2+1) 4. General Objective : To impart knowledge to the students on the seed production and seed science and technology aspects in relation to Seed Act 5. Specific Objectives Theory By the end of the course‚ the students will be able to i. understand the concepts of quality seed production of different field and vegetable crops ii. study about different classes of seed and maintenance of genetic purity during seed production
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Using different chemical seed soaks to improve the rate of germination A 2013 Year 9 Science Project by Josh Martin Class Level 1 with Mr Box Abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to determine which out of five readily available chemicals was the most effective at scarifying seeds to improve the rate of germination‚ and what concentration of the most effective chemical was the most efficacious. Ten seeds for each of the five chemicals hydrogen peroxide‚ glucose
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perennial herbaceous legume which can climb to 3-4 meters (Kantha and Erdman‚ 1985). As a leguminous plant‚ winged bean can be used in almost all parts of the plant. Fruit‚ leaves‚ flowers‚ bulbs and seed are edible and contain high protein and oil (Kotaru et al.‚ 1987; Dwiani et al.‚ 2014). The mature‚ dry seed is the most nutritious part of the winged bean. Their outstanding nutritive quality is based‚ above all‚ on their high protein content (30-42 percent) and their favorable amino acid composition
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Heirloom Solutions Seed Catalog Summary: Heirloom Solutions is a company dedicated to provide the World with seeds that have not been tampered with and of God’s original creation. They are a company that takes its responsibility of protecting the seeds from changing in the structural design that God created the seeds in. Beyond their main focus to keep the seeds pure‚ is to also combat large and powerful companies from taking complete control and ultimately making pure seeds extinct by the use
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which a plant grows from a seed). Certain environmental factors can cause or stop a seed’s germination‚ and these factors include‚ but are not limited to‚ the amount of water‚ the amount of oxygen‚ the temperature or the amount of light the seed gets. There are steps that vary in germination‚ what first happens is the seed’s radical comes out and then the roots
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that acid rain has or does not have on seed growth and germination. The observation gathered from this experiment was that regular rain water that has a neutral pH is a better solution for seed growth. The seeds that were watered with the well water prospered more than the ones grown in the lemon juice solution. The results from this experiment were a little confusing‚ because in the first trial the seeds watered with well water germinated more than the seeds watered with the acid rain solution. Unfortunately
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barley seeds‚ increased as the Aquasol concentration increased. This is with the exception of the solution with an initial Aquasol concentration of 0.40% in Table 1‚ which showed to have‚ on average‚ shorter shoot heights in comparison to the solution with 0.25% Aquasol. Ultimately‚ this indicates that the experiment had random and systematic errors that affected the accuracy‚ reliability‚ validity‚ and precision of the results. That being said‚ the results imply that‚ overall; barley seed germination
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Temperature on Basil Germination Abstract: Successful germination depends on many different factors. The amount of moisture‚ the type of seed‚ the temperature of the room‚ and how long the seeds are left in the specific environment‚ these factors are the most common. This paper focuses on the temperature of the seeds‚ specifically basil seeds. Basil seeds were placed on a damp towel‚ in two seperate Petri dish‚ and one was put in a room‚ to adjust to the temperature‚ and the other was placed
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of the germinated seed‚ then a higher temperature will lead to a significant decrease in the tail length of the germinated seed. This hypothesis is true‚ according to the collected data. After 6 days of letting the seeds germinate‚ the ones that germinated in room temperature were quicker to germinate and with a lot more tail length compared to the ones in the incubator. In fact‚ the seeds from the incubator did not germinate at all; on the other hands‚ the room temperature seeds had an average tail
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WEEK COURSE DETAILS: COURSE DETAILS: Course Coordinator: Email: Office Location: Other Lecturers: DR A.O.OLAIYA olaiyaao@unaab.edu.ng Room 131‚ COLPLANT Prof V.I.O OLOWE‚ Prof P.O.ADETILOYE‚ DR M.O.ATAYESE‚ DR O.S SAKARIYAWO COURSE CONTENT: Seed germination and dormancy. Juvenility and senescence. Translocation and respiration in crops‚ role of environmental resources. Water and water stress in plants. Light and solar radiation‚ role of plant nutrients. Photosynthesis‚ plant growth and partitioning
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