Ajay Kumar Tiwari Editor Advances in Seed Production and Management Advances in Seed Production and Management Ajay Kumar Tiwari Editor Advances in Seed Production and Management Editor Ajay Kumar Tiwari UP Council of Sugarcane Research Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India ISBN 978-981-15-4197-1 ISBN 978-981-15-4198-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4198-8 # Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. 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The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore Dedicated to my mentor Dr. Govind Pratap Rao, Principal Scientist, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agriculture Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, and Chief Editor—Sugar Tech, Phytopathogenic Mollicutes, and Medicinal Plants. Sir, You are a wonderful teacher, boss, leader, and friend and are everything one could look for in a good mentor. It would be impossible to count all the ways that you have helped me in my career. I cannot thank you enough for your mentorship over the years. You have been such an integral part of my career. I always hope to inspire others as you have inspired me. It is all because of you. Introduction Seed quality is basic to good and healthy crops. There is still an intense need to enhance the supply and quality of seeds. Plant geneticists and breeders now have many techniques and tools for crop improvement. The accomplishments of the past half-century are many, but will be extended as newer and more improved methods are developed. Scientific and technical competence in crop improvement, in the areas of production, processing, and utilization, has been improving in general and in the vegetable and flower seed industry in particular. Finding and developing better seeds for agricultural crops that can resist drought, heat and cold, the threat of the disease, and attack of insect pests is important to ensure adequate food for all populations. The seeds in use today have enabled farmers to produce a healthy variety of hardy food and fiber crops unknown even a few years ago. The continued efforts of plant breeders and geneticists to accomplish miracles in the development of more useful crop plants could rescue people worldwide from the fear of hunger. This book comprises updated information related to the advancement in seed production in legumes, sugar crops, vegetables, seed biology, seed dormancy, role of quarantine, diseases, insect pest management, effect of climate, organic packages, seed treatment, weed management, etc. vii Contents 1 Role of Quarantine in Management of Transboundary Seed-Borne Diseases .................................... 1 V. Celia Chalam, Ruchi Sharma, Vaishali Dutt Sharma, and A. K. Maurya 2 Application of Advanced Seed Production Techniques in Sugarcane Crop Improvement .......................... 29 Sangeeta Srivastava and Pavan Kumar 3 Agroecological Management of Stem Borers for Healthy Seed Production in Sugarcane ................................. 43 Amin Nikpay, Guadalupe Vejar-Cota, Florencia Budeguer, Zhen-Qiang Qin, María Francisca Perera, and Francois-Regis Goebel 4 Sugarcane White Leaf and Grassy Shoot Management for Healthy Seed Production in Vietnam ..................... 79 Nguyen Bao Quoc, Nguyen Ngoc Bao Chau, and Cao Anh Duong 5 Vegetable Seed Production: Prospects and Challenges: The Case of Ghana ............................................. 91 Michael Kwabena Osei, Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Kenneth Fafa Egbadzor, Alimatu Sadia Osuman, Emmanuel Asamoah Adjei, Samuel Oppong Abebrese, Leander Dede Melomey, and Richard Yaw Agyare 6 Production of High-Quality Tropical Forage Legume Seeds ...... 119 Alok Kumar, Jean Hanson, and Asebe Abdena 7 Quality Seed Production of Sugar Beet in India ............... 139 A. K. Mall, Varucha Misra, Santeshwari, B. D. Singh, and A. D. Pathak 8 Seed-Infesting Pests and Its Control Strategies ................ 161 Shachi Agrawal, Ruby Panwar, Amit Kumar, Indrakant Kumar Singh, and Archana Singh ix x Contents 9 Disease-Causing Seed Pathogenic Microorganisms and Their Management Practices .................................. 185 Avinash Marwal and R. K. Gaur 10 Weed Management in Sugarcane for Quality Seed Production .... 201 S. P. Singh, A. K. Tiwari, and A. A. Khan 11 Insect Pest Management for Healthy Seed Production ........... 211 Mehran Rezaei and Ali Asghar Talebi 12 Effect of Climate Change on Pollination, Fertilization and Seed Development in Agricultural Crops ................. 271 T. Eevera, S. Venkatesan, P. Masilamani, and R. Umarani 13 Seed Dormancy ........................................ 283 Archana Siraree and Varucha Misra 14 Seed-Borne Mycoflora of Edible Oilseed Crops of India ......... 307 Seweta Srivastava, Sumant Bindal, G. Pavithra, Ravindra Kumar, and Meenakshi Rana 15 Seed-Borne Alternaria helianthi Leaf Blight in Sunflower ........ 325 P. Ahila Devi and L. Gnanasing Jesumaharaja 16 Interspecific Hybridization Among Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper (Black Gram) and Wild Vigna Species ...................... 343 Suraj D. Umdale, Nikhil B. Gaikwad, Mahendra L. Ahire, Pankaj S. Mundada, and K. V. Bhat 17 Technological Advances in Agronomic Practices of Seed Processing, Storage, and Pest Management: An Update ......... 359 Natesan Sudhakar, Gnanasekeran Karthikeyan, Madheshwar RajhaViknesh, Ashokapuram Selvam Saranya, and Rajendran Shurya 18 Natural Products for Alternative Seed Treatment .............. 399 Lisandro Tomas Silva Bonome, Henrique Hertwig Bittencourt, Gabriela Silva Moura, Gilmar Franzener, and José Henrique de Carvalho 19 Advances in Big Data Analytics and Applications in Seed Technology ........................................... 419 Isaac O. Daniel 20 Seed Micro-Morphological Characteristics in Local Landraces of Finger Millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] ................ 439 Pankaj S. Mundada, Nitin S. Kadam, Harichandra A. Nikule, Suraj D. Umdale, Jaykumar J. Chavan, Tukaram D. Nikam, and Mahendra L. Ahire Contents xi 21 Seed Storage and Longevity: Mechanism, Types and Management ....................................... 451 Muhammad Amir Bakhtavar and Irfan Afzal 22 Modeling Seed Germination Response to Salinity at Different Accelerated Aging Period in Canola ........................ 469 Esmaeil Bakhshandeh, Mohsen Jamali, Raoudha Abdellaoui, and Fayçal Boughalleb 23 Methods of Seed Enhancement ............................ 489 Vartika Sinha and Abhinav Kumar 24 Seed Biotechnology for Improvement of Staple Crops ........... 503 Gajendra Mohan Baldodiya, Sangeeta Sarma, and Jagajjit Sahu 25 Production of Healthy Cane Seedlings in Northeast Brazil ....... 521 Andréa Chaves Fiuza Porto, Luiz José Oliveira Tavares de Melo, Elvira Maria Régis Pedrosa, Djalma Euzébio Simões Neto, Willams José de Oliveira, and Lilian Margarete Paes Guimarães 26 Improvement of Seed Quality: A Biotechnological Approach ..... 539 Indrani Baruah and Geetanjali Baruah 27 Organic Packages for Seed Production ...................... 555 D. Udhaya Nandhini, E. Somasundaram, and R. Ajaykumar 28 Effects of Prohexadione-Calcium Application on Vegetative and Generative Growth of Pepper Plants .................... 573 Nusret Ozbay and Recai Metin 29 Bean Common Mosaic Virus Transmission by Bean Seed cv. Chervona Shapochka ................................... 587 Angelina Kyrychenko, Katerina Hrynchuk, Ihor Antipov, and Artur Likhanov 30 Seed Biology .......................................... 599 Vimlesh Rawat 31 Seedborne Diseases and Its Management .................... 611 Sandhya Rai, Amod Kumar, Indrakant Kumar Singh, and Archana Singh About the Editor Ajay Kumar Tiwari, PhD is a ScientificOfficer at the UP Council of Sugarcane Research, Shahjahanpur, UP, India. He completed his PhD on cucurbit viruses at the CCS University, Meerut, UP, India, in 2011. He is a member of the British Society of Plant Pathology, Indian Phytopathological Society, Sugarcane Technologists Association of India, International Soci- ety of Sugarcane Technologists, Society of Sugarcane Research and Promotion, Prof H. S. Srivastava Founda- tion, and Society of Plant Research. He has published 75 research articles and 12 review articles in respected national and international journals. He has also published six book chapters and has also authored seven books published