Seed technology UE Past Papers Questions.

Many serious plant diseases arise from infection carried by seed. Briefly discuss the effects of seed-borne diseases in agriculture.

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Seed testing health testing and certification is one of the strategies to prevent development and spread of seed borne-diseases. List any five methods you know that are used for testing seed-borne diseases.

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Discuss the various pre-disposing factors of seed to storage fungi.

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What is on-farm seed production? Discuss the disadvantages we often hear about OFSP in developing countries.

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You are provided with a sample of rice seed that is mixed with seed from other species and inert matter. The total weight of the sample is 1.5 kg. After separating out seed from other species, the weight remained at 1.25kg. You then proceeded to remove the inert matter and found that the weight of inert matter was 0.05 kg.

Calculate the following:

1. Analytical purity in percentage
2. Species purity based on weight to weight basis
3. Give inferences with respect to your seed sample

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