Seed Conditioning, Volume 1: Management: A Practical Advanced-Level Guide

ISBN-13: 9781578085729 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 497 str.

Bill R. Gregg; Gary L. Billups

Opis

Seed conditioning turns raw harvested seed into pure seed that is free of undesirable materials, safe from pests and diseases, and that which can be planted for a good stand of healthy plants of the desired crop. This book features a compilation of trials

Spis treści

Business Laws; Seed Law; Seed Enterprise Structure and Organization; Enterprise and Conditioning Planning; Financing a Seed Enterprise and Conditioning; Income from Conditioning; Costs and Cost Control; Conditioning Plant Area and Buildings; Enterprise Technical Management; Conditioning Organization and Staffing; Conditioning Management; Planning and Preparing for Conditioning; Conditioning Records; Conditioning Reports; Maintenance; Safety in Conditioning; Preventing Seed Loss; Mechanical Injury to Seed; Waste Products; Dust Control; Seed Bags and Containers; Internal Quality Control (IQC); Sampling; Testing Seed; Lot Numbers; Labels and Seed Identification; Blending; Clean-out and Preventing Contamination; Flow Management by Color Coding; Seed Builiding Construction; Seed Storage Principles; Non-Conditioned Storage; Conditioned Storage; Managing Seed Storage; Handling Certified Seed; Training Operators and Staff; Procuring Equipment for a New Conditioning Plant; Glossary; Bibliography

O autorze

Bill R. Gregg, Gary L Billups