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Manual for testing agricultural and vegetable seeds / [Prepared by the Seed Act Division, Grain Branch, Production and Marketing Administration ; in cooperation with the Division of Forage Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Administration]. - Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Production and Marketing Administration in cooperation with The Bureau, 1952. - vi, 440 p., 39 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. - Agriculture handbook / United States Department of Agriculture ; no. 30 . - Agriculture handbook (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 30. .

CONTENTS

Introduction

Seeds sampling and testing equipment

Obtaining the seed sample

Procedures for determining purity composition

Application of purity procedures to specific groups of seeds

procedures for determining germination

application of germination procedures to specific groups

examination for noxious-weed seeds

origin of seeds

Testing for trueness of variety

Testing for moisture

Calculations, records and reports

Identification of seeds

physiology of seeds

pathological considerations in seed testing

literature cited

available applications on seed testing


Includes Bibliography: p. 297-318. and index

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Seeds--Testing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Seed adulteration and inspection--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Dewey Class. No.: 631.5211 / TES