10 Important Qualities of Seeds

                               Qualities of Seeds

Seed is a ripened ovule of a flowering plants which is used for further sowing. It is the basis of new plant and for life on earth. These have flowing qualities a seed should consist of:

Genetic Attributes

Physical Attributes

Physiological Attributes 

Storage Attributes

Genetic Attributes:

1. Seed should be true to type and physically pure for the concerned variety because genetic purity will directly affect the yield.
2. Only multiply those seeds which are certified because those seeds have mentioned pedigree, historical yield performance and acclimatization to the specific areas.
3. Seed should be homogenized in all aspects like harvest at physiological maturity, good health and proper labelled of specific variety.

 Physical Attributes:

1. Physically minimum damage seed is very important for further multiplication. Physical quality of seed is key for raising the successful upcoming crop.
2. It should consist of disease free seed with less off type seed like weeds and inert matter.
3. Seed should be uniform in size and other seed characters like seed color, size and weight.

Physiological Attributes:

1. Seed should be better germination percentage with high vigor because these two attributes  are the indicator of plant population for upcoming crops.
2. Seeds should be multiplied after thorough biochemical examination.

Storage Attributes:

1. Seed should have low moisture contents and low temperature for storage purpose to lower down the metabolic processes.
2. Seed should never break dormancy easily before germination in soil is main quality attribute for storage purpose.

The above few attributes in a specific variety, make it unique among all. The above characteristics are general which are varied in different species of plants. Like seed are of different types for example Orthodox seeds, intermediate seeds and recalcitrant seeds on the basis of moisture removal for storage.