Manikand

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V.MANIKANDAN by
B.Tech(Agricultural
B.Tech( Engineering)
College Of Agricultural
Engineering,
Tamil Nadu Agricultural
 Seed testing is performed in dedicated laboratories by trained and
usually certified analysts. The tests are designed to evaluate the quality of the
seed lot being sold.
Germination Test: -
Reports the percentage of seed that germinated. Tests are usually
made in 200 or 400 seed samples.
Purity test: -
The percentage of seed described on the label that is actually found in
the quantity of seed.
Weed test:-
Examines a sample of seed and identifies every seed that is different
from the labeled seed kind.
TZ test:-
A test for viability that involves soaking the seed in a tetrazolium
solution, cutting the seed open, and looking for a color change in the seed
embryo.
• First were developed for cereal seeds in the 1930's by Germains, a British seed
company.

• Large scale commercial use of coating began in the 1960's with precision sowing
for the European greenhouse transplant industry.

• When California outlawed the short handled hoe in the mid 1970's, the use of
coated  seed for precision field seeders increased.
Seed coating is a process designed
to create a nutritious environment
in the immediate vicinity of the
germinating seed.
This provides a "boost" for the
seedling in its critical early stages
of development.
It was readily accepted by most
users and now has a definite role to
The six most important reasons why we coat seed are:
l. Pre-inoculation of legumes
2. Nutrient benefits
3. Protection from stress conditions
4. To improve ballistic properties and simplify seeding
5. Safe application of agricultural chemicals
6. Protection from rodents, birds and the harmful effects of
some fertilizers.
  Seed coating aims to influence the external
physical properties of the seed, affecting the
sowing characteristics only.
 By itself an ideal coating would be neutral in its
influence on the speed.
 uniformity and percentage of germination when
compared to the original raw seed lot.
 The ideal seed coating would perform in the same
manner as the raw seed under a wide range of
environmental conditions.

moisture, temperature, pH, soil type

 Multi-coated seeds having two or
more coating layers, with the innermost
coating layer containing a water repellent
such as a fatty acid or a metal salt thereof
in higher concentration than the other
layer(s).
 The melt coats dissolve when wet and gradually
wash away from around the seed.
 The melt coats often require more water to wash
the coating material away from the seed.
 More time for the oxygen to reach the seed
through the saturated coating material.
 Melt coats may offer advantages when soils are
saturated , but oxygen availability always
influences the speed, uniformity and total
percentage of germination.
 Split coating
Split coats initially retain their shape when
wet and , by capillary action, pass moisture
through the pill to be imbibed by the seed.
The seed swells and cracks the pill by
internal turgor pressure.
The split coat often permits germination
with less water, as they split, allow
uniform, rapid oxygen access to the
surface of the seed.
 Coated seed is a seed unit
covered with any substance which
changes the size,
shape, or weight or the original seed.
Seeds coated with ingredients
such as, but not limited to. rhizobia.
Dyes, And pesticides arc excluded.
 Table Sample sizes of pelleted seed

Determination Submiued samples not Working samples not

less than number of less than number of
pellets Pellets

1. Purity Analysis including 7500 2500

verification ~f species

2. .Weightdetermination 7500 Pure pellet

fraction

3. Germination 7500 400

4.Determination of other 10000 7500

seeds
Diameter 300 mm. This pelleting machine is suitable for the semi
automatic pelleting of small seed lots of flower-, vegetable- and
agricultural seeds.

The machine pellets a seed lot in batches. The seed batches should be
weighed manually and manually be discharged in the pelleting.
Seed Film Coating Equipment:-
This semi automatic film coating machine is used for treating
small quantities of seeds manually.

Using film coating liquids mixed with water and/or fungicides

(or other), the seeds are treated uniformly in this batch system.

The treating time per batch is very short in this rotary film
coating system, which makes it a fast system.
Virtually any kind of seed can be coated. However Precision Seed Coaters and
its sister company Canadian Seed Coaters specialize in the following species:

•
Canola •
Centipede •
Bromegrass
•
Alfalfa •
Dichondra •
Foxtail
•
Clovers •
Bluegrass •
Orchardgrass
•
Trefoil •
Fescues •
Timothy
•
Other •
Ryegrasses •
Native
legumes •
Bentgrass grasses
•
Bermudagra
•The most apparent is the visibility of the seeds.
•The coated seed allows the seed to be seen on the ground, this means a more
even seeding which will lead to a more even bed of colorful blossoms the whole
season long.
•The coating also helps keep the smaller seeds from seperating from large seeds
during seeding, which again means that the beds will be more uniform
throughout the season.
•The seed can be spread with a "cyclone" type spreader to make spreading seeds
easier and more uniform.
•There is no need to mix with sand, sawdust or other material, which will save
time and money.
•Another advantage is that to the best of our knowledge, the birds will not eat
coated seed.
•We believe it is the color more so than the taste, birds do not associate the
colored seeds with edible seeds.
 Coated Protection of Easy to sow  Protection from Protection from
Lawnseed  seedlings  wind  birds
 Reference

http://www.wikipatents.com/

http://www.patentstorm.us/

http://www.seedinfotech.com/
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