Resources Tagged: Germination

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  1. Malting and Popping as Tools to Combat Malnutrition

    Many researchers reported that maltingreduces the antinutrient content and increasethe vitamins ( B and C), minerals (calcium, manganese, copper and zinc) and protein contentin the cereal grains viz wheat, barley,sorghum, pearl millet, oats, rice etc. --- Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research...
    Germination Sprouting

  2. Factors that Impact Seed Germination

    2023-10-02 Crops in ECHO’s seed banks are selected for their ability to grow under difficult growing conditions and for their potential importance for the smallholder farmer. ECHO’s seeds are tested annually for germination percentage, a measure of seed viability. The germination percentage written on ECHO...
    Germination Seed Germination Seedlings

  3. Understanding Seed Handling For Germination

    1986-01-01 This report notes general considerations in seed harvesting, handling, and storage, and it focuses attention on methods to enhance germination for seeds started in seedbeds. The paper is intended to be especially useful for persons interested in setting up a small business that produces seed for...
    Seed Saving Seed Handling Seeds Germination Seed Germination VITA Downloads

  4. Starting Right With Seeds

    1990-01-01 This booklet contains chapters on the inside story, growing mediums, containers, sowing and spacing, germination, care of seedlings and transplanting. By the editors of Rodale's Organic Gardening 38 pages, illustrated
    Seed Production Germination

  5. Supplement to the 2nd edition Seed Germination Theory & Practice

    1996-01-03 This supplement to Seed Germination Theory and Practice further explores the science of seed germination.
    Seeds-Viability Germination Plant Propagation

  6. Seed Germination Theory and Practice 2nd edition

    1993-01-01 This book is based on experiments on 145 Families, 805 Genera, and about 2500 Species. Every species has some mechanism for delaying germination until the seed has been dispersed. The science of seed germination is the discovery and despcription of such mechanisms and the development of...
    Seeds-Viability Germination Plant Propagation

  7. Effect of germination on cereal/ legume nutrient changes & food or feed value

    1982-01-01 This chapter brings together data from those studies and evaluates the ancient practice of sprouting seeds for food and feed uses from a contemporary viewpoint. Consolidation of this information about seed sprouting from numerous disciplines provides a view of the role that germination studies...
    Germination Plant physiology Seeds Sprouts

  8. Influence of the Seedball on Speed of Germination of Sugar Beet Seeds

    Erratic germination of sugar-beet seeds is rather common. Some varieties and progenies germinate more rapidly than others. Inhibitory substances present in the seed ball have been shown to delay or inhibit germination. In contrast, the author has observed in certain progenies of sugar beets that...
    Seed ball Germination

  9. Growing Plants From Seed

    1996-01-01 Growing Plants from Seed contains essential information on this most popular form of plant propagation. The book explains exactly what a seed is and how it germinates, and explores the main techniques of harvesting and storing seed. There are step-by-step instructions on sowing and growing-on...
    Seeds Sowing Germination

  10. International Seed Testing Association - ISTA

    Founded in 1924, with the aim to develop and publish standard procedures in the field of seed testing, ISTA is inextricably linked with the history of seed testing. With member laboratories in over 70 countries/distinct economies worldwide, ISTA membership is truly a global network. Vision...
    Germination