Resources Tagged: Seed Storage

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  1. Earthbag Seed Banks

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    2020-06-29 Seed storage in the tropics has been a frequent topic of ECHO publications and trainings due to its importance to the smallholder farmer. Access to quality seeds is imperative for agronomic and horticultural crop production. While on-farm seed saving benefits the smallholder farmer, cooperative...
    earth building Seed Storage Seed Bank Earthbag House

  2. Crop Protection and Seed Saving

    2008-07-20 Topics briefy addressed: Nematode management. Seed inoculants to maximize the ability ofleguminous plants to fix nitrogen. Bean weevils controlled by tumbling the beans. Controlling seed storage conditions. Saving your own vegetable seeds. Neem leaf tea or neem seed oil to discourageinsect...
    Seed Storage Nematodes JCB Onion Seed Saving Neem Green Manures Tephrosia Owls Bean Weevils Seed Inoculants

  3. Danida Forest Seed Centre Lecture Notes No. C 2-14: Seeds

    1991-01-01 A series of lecture notes on seeds from the Danida Forest Seed Centre. Lecture Note C-2: Seed Biology Lecture Note C-3: Planning Seed Collection Lecture Note C-4:Seed Collection Lecture Note C-5: Seed Moisture and Drying Principles Lecture...
    seed documentaion Seed Storage seed extraction seed processing seed collection

  4. Low-Cost Natural Building Options for Storing Seed in Tropical Southeast Asia

    2021-01-01 Keeping in mind the insulating qualities and low-cost of construction of natural building techniques, ECHO Asia began testing different methods at the Asia Impact. In 2018, ECHO conducted a small experiment in Thailand and Myanmar to test these hypotheses, specifically within the Southeast Asian...
    Seed Storage Earthbag House

  5. Traditional Procedures and Methods of Storage Protection

    The information contained in the following publication addresses the problem within the context of both environmental protection and conservation of natural resources, whilst at the same time respecting the need to implementappropriate technologies. The booklet aims to improve knowledge on...
    Postharvest Manage... Seed Storage

  6. AN Issue #37

    2019-02-15 Featured in this AN: Gracious Greetings from the New Regional Director of ECHO Asia Preventing Insect Damage of Stored Seed Using Low-Cost Control Options Rice Hull Gold: 10 On-farm Uses of Rice Hulls
    Biological Control Pest Control Seed Storage Rice Hulls Waste By-products Asia

  7. Seed Storage & Appropriate Technologies

    2019-10-08
    Seed Storage Asia

  8. Fill it Full: A Simple Way to Reduce Weevil Damage in Maize Seed Stored in Airtight Containers

    2021-01-01 Postharvest losses inflicted by insect pests in stored grains represent major challenge smallholder famers face in the global South. The maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) is one of the most important postharvest pests in maize.We hypothesized that reducing air space within sealed containers will...
    Weevils Seed Storage

  9. Tree Seed Technology Training Course: Student Outline

    1998-01-01 The objective of this course is to provide a basic understanding of the following topics: reproductive cycles, see origin, seed collection, seed maturity, collection and postharvest care, seed extracting, insect and disease problems, seedstorage, seedlot sampling, test, and rapid viability...
    Seed Selection Seed Storage Postharvest Manage... Educational Resources Seed technology

  10. Collection Storage and Treatment of Tree Seeds

    1992-01-01 It is rather extraordinary to think that one small seed can grow into a tree that will live for hundreds of years, reaching a size several metres in diameter. But seeds are delicate, as all farmers know. To maintain their potential to sprout, (or “viability”), seed must be collected, stored, and...
    seed collection Seed Harvesting Trees Seed technology Seed Storage