Tag archives for seed
Role of mango seed as by-product in our life
Mango is king of fruits because it contains lovely flavor, amazing aroma and high dietary value. Mango seed plays a role as by product in our life. The unappeasable attraction…
Hermetic storage technology to keep up seed quality
Hermetic storage is a technology to store agricultural commodities in an airtight container such as a drum or a plastic bag to prevent air and water getting in to the…
Seed a miniature plant in agriculture
Seed is fertilized mature ovule, consisting of embryonic plant, store of food and protective seed coat. In broad sense seed is a propagated material used in agriculture for planting and…
Grape seed extract for reducing egg cholesterol
Achieving essential nutrients is necessary for healthy life in human. Chicken's egg are considered as most feasible source for getting protein and essential nutrients. But major limiting factor for the…
Full Bench hears petition challenging Plant Breeder’s Rights Act, 2016 and Seed (Amendment) Act, 2015
A Full Bench of the Lahore High Court led by Mr. Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and comprising Justices Shahid Bilal Hassan and Muhammad Waheed Khan heard petitions challenging the…
Seed enhancement techniques in Pulses
Quality of seed is maintain by nature through genetic make-up. It can also maintain to get maximum potential by protecting it during harvesting, threshing, processing and storage period. If poor…
China Focus: Seed of moon’s first sprout: Chinese scientists’ endeavor
An experiment that saw the first-ever plant sprout on the moon last month was born in a natural disaster that devastated China's cotton-industry almost three decades ago. Li Fuguang was…
Seed Coating: technique for increasing crop yield
Seed coating is the practice of covering seed with external material to improve handling, protection, and to a lesser extent, germination enhancement and plant establishment. Seed coating is the process…
Seed Conditioning and Handling
Seed as it comes from the field is never pure. It usually arrives at the cleaning plant containing large quantities of trash, green leaves, weeds, other crop seeds, and insects.…
Seed Pelleting
Pelleting is a process in which small or irregularly shaped seeds are coated with an inert material to make them round and uniform. Seed is coated with a round protective…
Seed Priming: A way towards improving seed quality
Seed priming is a seed treatment that modulate the germination process by handling the temperature and seed moisture content. The seed is taken through a biochemical process within that activates…
Pakistan based Seed Companies positioned in top 24 Asian companies
Pakistan-based Seed Company, Punjab Seed, and Enterprise to be found among the 24 leading seed companies in South and Southeast Asia according to the international testimony commissioned by Bill and…
Pakistani startup Tez Financial Services gets $1.1 million in seed
Tez Financial Services, the first fully digital Non-Bank Microfinance Company (NBMFC) focused on serving the unbanked and underbanked in Pakistan, announced that it has raised USD$ million in a seed…
Tissue culture: In vitro propagation of apple through seed
Tissue culture is emerging field of breeding and forms integral part of biotechnology. It offers an alternate to conventional vegetative propagation and has various advantages over other breeding methods like…
SimPaisa Raises Rs. 25 million in Seed Financing From Sarmayacar
PR: Sarmayacar, a syndicate of foreign investors to promote Pakistani startups has announced Rs. 25 million Seed funding for SimPaisa which is Pakistan’s first direct carrier billing company, a product of…
Hybrid seed production its methods & benefits
In agriculture and gardening, hybrid seed is seed produced by cross-pollinated plants. Hybrid seed production is predominant in modern agriculture and home gardening. It is one of the main contributors…
Improving local certified potato seed via tissue culture
Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) on Variety Evaluation Committee (VEC) on Pakistani Potato has placed a recommendation for improvement of local quality certified seed using tissue culture. To enhance per…