| Seed rate (too low) | Seed | When seeding rate is too low, plants have low crop stand, low ground cover, and they experience greater weed pressure. | low seed rate, insufficient plant population, good plant stand, how to manage low seed rate |
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| Seed rate (high) | Seed | When seeding rate is high, plant count is high and crop stand becomes too dense. Farmers often use high seed rates due to poor seed quality, to compensate for losses to rats, birds and snails and to increase crop competition with weeds. | high seed rate, high plant population, crop establishment problems, how to manage high seed rate problem |
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| Seed quality | Seed | A seed is a living product that must be grown, harvested, and processed correctly to maximize its viability and subsequent crop productivity. | rice seed quality, good quality seed, how to measure seed quality, classification of rice seeds |
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| Seed definitions | Seed | The true seeds of the variety based on seed shape, size, coloration, usually the majority of seeds. Other rice seeds appearing as off-types should be placed under rice varietal mixture. | pure seed, germinated seed, rice seed definitions, best seeds, partially filled seeds |
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| Seed certification | Seed | The purpose of seed certification is to maintain and make available to farmers high-quality and genetically pure seeds of superior cultivars. Certified seed is high in genetic purity, high in germination and vigor, and of good quality (i.e., free from disease and from damaged or immature seed). | rice seed certification, classes of seeds, breeder seed, foundation seed, certified seed, seed testing, seed certification standards |
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| Poor seed quality | Seed | Poor seed quality leads to low vigor and poor growth. They are also prone to weeds, insects, and diseases. | poor rice seed quality, symptoms of poor quality seeds, how to manage poor seed quality, problems of crop establishment |
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| Measuring white rice quality | Seed | Measuring white rice quality is one of the quality checking parameters of rice. Milled rice should be checked with moisture, dockage, whiteness, grain shape etc. that determines quality of the particular variety and milled grain. | properties of milled rice, milling degree calculation, rice milling recovery, broken rice grain, dockage, grain shape of paddy, whiteness of paddy |
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| Measuring seed lot purity | Seed | Seed lot purity is a measure of the impurities in a seed batch. These include weed and other crop seed, and inert matter. | seed lot purity measurement, how to measure purity, impurities in seed, formula for seed lot purity calculation |
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| Measuring seed germination | Seed | A germination test determines the percentage of seeds that are alive in any seed lot. A germination test is often the only test a farmer can conduct on the seed to determine if it is suitable for planting. | how to measure seed germination, seed germination test, germination procedure, seed germination rate calculation |
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| Grain quality | Seed | Grain quality means different things to different people depending on what they prefer. Thus, grain quality can be a combination of many factors such as smell (aroma), size, cooking characteristics, colour, nutritional value, percent whole grains, etc. | rice grain quality, importance of grain quality, how to maintain grain quality, grain qulaity factors |
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