B Sc Vikram University

Can you provide me the syllabus of B.Sc. - Seed Technology as offered by Vikram University as my exams are near by and I need it for preparation as I misplaced it somewhere?

[Kiran Chandar]

The syllabus of B.Sc. - Seed Technology as offered by Vikram University is as follwos:

Unit —I
History, concepts and role and aim of Seed Technology. Seed- Definition and its types. Characteristics of good Seed. Difference between seed and grain
Seed development programs - Bases for Seed program, Types of Seed program, National Seed program. Role of following agencies in the development of Indian Seed industry - National Seed Corporation, Tarai Development Corporation.

Unit II
Structure of flower. Microsporangium , microsporogenesis and development of male gametophyte.
Megasporangium , megasporogenesis and development of female gametophyte (Polygonum type). Pollination

Unit —Ill
Fertilization and Apomixis. Development of Embryo, Endosperm and Fruit.
Structure of Monocot and Dicot Seeds. Chemical composition of Seeds.

Unit —IV
Seed dormancy- Types, Causes, and Methods of breaking dormancy, advantage and disadvantage. Seed deterioration — Symptoms and causes.
Seed germination- Pattern , types and requirements for germination. Metabolism of storage product during germination.

Unit —V
Germination stimulators, inhibitors and Hormones. Normal and abnormal seedling.
Plant tissue culture- General procedure and its importance in agriculture. Synthetic Seeds. Terminator Seeds.


Paper II - Seed production and Economically Important Families and Weeds Max. Marks: 85+CCE 15=100


Unit I 0 General Principles and Methods of Seed Production. Maintenance of Breeder’s seed — Methods in self fertilized crops, methods in cross fertilized crops. 0 Development, trial and release of variety. Methods of seed production for cereals - Wheat and Maize


Unit II 0 Methods of seed production for pulses and oil crops — Gram, Soybean, Groundnut, Mustard and Sunflower. 0 Methods of seed production for vegetables and forage crops — Tomato, Potato, Onion, Berseem and Lucerne. Unit Ill 0 Methods of seed production in fibers and sugar producing crops — Cotton, Juice, Sugarcane, Sugar beet. 0 Study of following families with special reference to seed structure, floral structure and economic importance — Brassicaseae and Asteraceae.

Unit IV 0 Study of following families with special reference to seed structure, floral structure and economic importance — Malvaceae and Solonaceae. 0 Study of following families with special reference to seed structure, floral structure and economic importance — Fabaceae and Poaceae.

Unit V 0 Study of following weeds of local crops —Ageratum conyzoides, Chenopodium album, Amaranthus virides, Cuscuta reflexa, Argemone maxicana and Cynadon dactylon. 0 Study of following weeds of local crops —Celosia argantia, Eclipla alba, Euphorbia hirta, Oxalis corniculata, Solanum xanthocarpum, Parthenium histerophorus

Paper III - Plant breeding in relation to seed Technology Max. Marks: 85+CCE 15=100 Unit I 0 Plant breeding - Introduction, Objectives, Activities and Important achievements. Modes of pollination in self — pollinated crops and cross — pollinated crops. 0 Self incompatibility - definition types, mechanism and application. Male sterility definition, types, methods, induction and application.

Unit II 0 Germplasm and its conservation — Introduction, germplasm collection, center of origin and diversity. Seed banks and types of seed collections. 0 Plant Introduction — definition, types, procedure, merits and demerits. 0 Selection — definition, types, methods, merits and demerits.


Unit III 0 Hybridization — definition, types and objectives. Techniques of hybridization - Selection and evaluation of parents, Emasculation, Bagging and tagging, Pollination, Collection and storage of F1 seeds, Growing of F1 generation. 0 Improvement in self pollinated crops through hybridization, application, procedure, merits and demerits and achievements of pedigree and bulk.

Unit IV 0 Heterosis — definition, types, basis and economic uses. Uses of heterosis in crop improvement. 0 Hybrid, synthetic and composite varieties. Mutation breeding — mutagens, procedure, precautions, application and achievements. Unit V 0 Plant breeding for disease resistance. Plant breeding for insect resistance. 0 Plant breeding work done in following crops-Wheat, Maize, Rice, Cotton, Potato, Sugarcane.

Paper IV - Principle of seed testing and certification Max. Marks: 85+CCE 15=100 Unit I 0 Principles and procedure of Seed testing. 0 Equipment’s for Seed testing laboratory. Procedure for samples handing in the laboratory. 0 Determination of heterogeneity. 0 Determination of genuineness of varieties. Unit ll 0 Physical and genetic seed purity test. 0 Seed germination test, Seed viability test, Seed Vigour test, Seed health test, Seed Moisture test.

Unit III 0 Seed heterogeneity test, Tolerance value, lmportnace of seed testing 0 Objectives and concept of seed certification. Function of seed certification agency and methods of seed certification. Standard for seed certification.

Unit IV 0 Objectives and principles of field and seed crop inspection. Method of field crop inspection and seed crop inspection 0 Techniques for seed crop inspection for Wheat, gram and cotton. Seed inspector qualities, power and duties.

Unit V 0 Seed legislation in India. 0 Seed act. 0 Seed Control order. 0 Requirement for sale of seed