2024-06-03 This article describes a cost-effective way of assessing the quality of paddy rice (Oryza sativa) seed before storing and planting. You will need water, salt, and eggs. This technique has been tried and tested by more than ten rice farmers in the Atwima Nwabiagya district in Ghana, West Africa....
This handbook has been prepared in response to a need for a uniform set of instructions for tetrazolium testing of seeds. It is written with the assumption that the analyst is already familiar with the art and science of seed testing as exemplified in the Rules for Testing Seeds of the...