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SEED TESTING

The Seed:

Seed is an 'embryo' a living organism embedded in the supporting or the food storage tissue.

"Seed" means any of the following classses of seeds used for sowing or planting.

I) Seeds of food crops including edible oil seeds and seeds of fruits and vegetables.

II) Seeds of Cotton, Green manure, Medicinal plants and fodder crops.

III) Seedlings, Tubers, Bulbs, Rhizomes, Roots ,Cuttings, Grafts, Layers and all other vegetatively propagating materials.

Seed is the cheapest,among the inputs used by farmers. It is a basic input and forms only a small part of the total cultivation expenses. Yet, without good seed the investment on fertilizer, water, pesticides and other inputs will not pay the required dividends.

Objective:

Seed testing is required to achieve the following objectives for minimising the risks of planting low quality seeds.

1. To identify the qulity problem and their probable cause

2. To determine their quality, that is, their suitability for planting

3. To determine the need for drying and processing and specific procedures that shouldbe used

4. To determine if seed meets established quality standards or labelling specifications.

5. To establish quality and provide a basis for price and consumer discrimination among lots in the market.

The primary aim of the seed testing is to obtain accurable and reproducable results regarding the quality status of the seed samples submitted to the Seed Testing Laboratories.

Seed Testing:

Seed testing is determining the standards of a seed lot viz. physical purity, moisture, germination and ODV and thereby enabling the farming community to get quality seeds.

The Seed Testing Laboratory is the hub of seed quality control. Seed testing services are required from time to time to gain information regarding planting value of seed lots.

Seed testing is possible for all those who produce, sell and use seeds.

Infrastructure :

There are 7 Notified seed Testing Labs. in Tamil Nadu at

1.Coimbatore, (For the districts of Coimbatore, Erode and the Nilgiris.)

1. R.Jagathnarayanan, Seed Testing Officer, 61/14 Sri Balaji Niwas,Ashok Nagar Extension, Chetti Veedhi, Coimbatore-1, Phone:0422-431530 . Res: 0422-342 095.

2.Dharmapuri,(For the districts of Dharmapuri, Salem and Namakkal.)

1.K.S.Subramaniam, Seed Testing Officer, No.5/1132, V.K.Illam, Senthil Nagar, Dharmapuri-636 705 Phone: 04342-30027 Res:04342-30559

3.Kanchipuram,(For the districts of Vellore, Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chennai. )

S.V.Mohan Rao,Seed Testing Officer, Kanchipuram, Panchupet, Kancheepuram-631 502, Phone: 04112-24385,Res: 04112-87935

4.Thanjavur,(For the districts of Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam.)

D.Sivaraman ,Seed Testing Officer, Thanjavur,Kattu Thottam Mariamman Koil Street Thanjavur-613 501,Phone: 04362-67461 Res:04367-50317

5.Thiruchy, (For the districts of Thiruchirappalli, Karur, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Villupuram, and Cuddalore. )

Rm.Egappan ,Seed Testing Officer, Thiruchy, Multi storey building Complex, Khjamalai, Thiruchy Phone:0431-422314 Res: 0431-793348

6.Madurai, (For the districts of Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram.)

G.Shanmuganathan ,Seed Testing Officer, Madurai,Agrl.Officers Housing Unit Alwar Nagar, Nagamalai Pudukkottai Madurai-625 019,Phone: 0452-858773 Res: 0451-452525

7.Thirunelveli.(For the districts of Thirunelveli, Thoothukudi and kanyakumari.)

AT.Panchanatham, Seed Testing Officer, Thirunelveli, JDA's Office Complex, Thirunelveli,Phone: 0462-575266 Res:

Besides this there is one central referal seed testing lab. and a

Glass House at Coimbatore.

S.Sambandamani, Assistant Director of Seed Certification (Personnel)/Seed Analyst,1424 -A,Thadagam Roadd, Coimbatore - 641 013, 2/26, RaceCourse Housing Unit DFO Compound, Coimbatore-18, Phone:0422-432984 Res:0422-210773.

D.Mangaleswari, Seed Certification Officer -( (Glass House) Coimbatore,1424 -A,Thadagam Roadd, Coimbatore - 641 013, Site No.66, Marudha Nagar Vadavalli, Coimbatore-41,Phone: 0422-432984 Res:0422-424094

and one Grow Out Test (GOT) Farm at Kannampalayam to coduct Genetic Purity Tests.

S.Sambandamani, Assistant Director of Seed Certification (Personnel)/Seed Analyst,1424 -A,Thadagam Roadd, Coimbatore - 641 013, 2/26, RaceCourse Housing Unit DFO Compound, Coimbatore-18, Phone:0422-432984 Res:0422-210773.

P.R.Meiyazhagan, Seed Certification Officer - (GOT) Coimbatore Coimbatore, 1424 -A,Thadagam Roadd, Coimbatore - 641 013, 4A, Race Course Housing Unit Coimbatore-18, Phone:0422-432984 Res:0422-217352

The seed Sasmples received in the Seed Testing Laboratories are of three types.

1.Certification samples for certification purpuses on payment of Rs.20/sample by the producers as testing charges.

This type of samples are drawn by the certification officers and send them to the seed testing lab. through the Asst.Director of Seed Certification with a secret code No. Onreciept of the results the code will be decoded by the ADSC and then the results are sent to the producer for ferther certification procedure to be completed.

2.Official Samples for the Quality control Purpuses at government cost.This type of samples are drawn by the Seed Inpectors for the Quality Control as per the Seed Control Order and Seed Act to asure the availablity of Quality seeds to the farming community.

3.Sevice Samples for the farmers,Producers and Sellers on payment of cost @Rs.20/sample to know the seed standard of their seeds. This type of samples are drawn and sento the seedtesting lab.by the Farmers,Producers and the sellers to know their seed standards.

The samples recived from the three catagiries are analysed and results are communicated to the concerned with in 30 days from the date of reciept of the samples at the seed testing lab.

Anyboady including Farmers can Test their samples for it Standard before the seeds are being certified,sold or sown.

Seeds are being Tested for its:

Germination,

Physical Purity,

Moisture,

ODV and

Seed health at the seed testing labs.

Genetict Purity at Kannampalayam GOT farm.

Usages of Seed Testing Laboratory results:

The results communicated by the Seed Testing Laboratory are authenticated one under Seeds Act.

These results can be utilised to take legal action under Court of Law.

The results furnished by the Seed Testing Laboratory will reflect the quality of the particular seed-lot.

 

For further information contact :

The Director of Seed Certificaton,

Thadagam Road, Coimbatore,641 013,

phone No.: 0422-432984

fax and personal: 0422-457554

e-mail:dsctn@hotmail.com, dsccbe@eth.net, dsctn@rediffmail.com, dsccbe@yahoo.co.in

 

 

SEED TESTING