About Lesson
Importance of quality seed
- Quality seed is a basic input in crop production
- Quality seed is a basic input in crop production.
- All other inputs like fertilizer, irrigation, weed control; plant protection, labour etc. will be useless if seed do not germinate.
- Quality seed has high genetic potential
- Proper use of agricultural inputs like fertilizer, irrigation, plant protection etc increases the productivity of a crop. But if the quality of seed is poor, it will not increase the productivity of crop in same proportion because of lower genetic potential of the seed.
- Quality seed improve the productivity of crops
- It has been found that use of quality seed increased the productivity of crops by 10-30% as compared to local seed.
- Quality seed with all other recommended inputs would further increase the productivity of crops.
- Use of uncertified seed, local seed, and seed without source has damaged the crop in many places. Thus, quality seed play vital role in reducing food deficit by increasing production.
- Quality seed is a carrier of new technology
- Quality seed shows good response of other agricultural inputs like fertilizer, irrigation, weed control etc.
- It encourages the farmers to use other inputs. When new wheat seed from Mexico was introduced in different countries, farmers started to use fertilizers, irrigation also.
- This brought green revolution. Thus, quality seed is a carrier of new technology.
- Quality seed cut down the seed requirement
- Quality seed has high germination capacity and more seed vigour.
- We can reduce the seed rate by 10-30% by the use of improved seed as compared to local seed.
- High quality produce
- Quality seed has no varietal mixture, off type plant, weed seed. So, we can get better quality produce.
- We can get more market prices from such produce.
- Less chances of insect, disease and weed appearance
- Quality seed is free from insects, diseases and weed seeds.
- Thus, the chances of appearing insects, diseases and weed are less than local seed.
- The cost of production can be reduced by the use of high-quality seed.
