Tropical forage seed producton training module

affected by day bags caryopsis cleaning seeds clearly labelled Climates suitable conditions favour critical day length crop management day length stimulates Day-neutral plants depends distinct flowering period dormancy dried dry period dry seeds environment Fallen seed favourable photoperiods temperature fertilised floral induction followed by rolling Forage Seed Germination tests Grass seeds ground and winnow growth habit hand-cutting harvesting techniques indeterminate growth inflorescences insects and rodents jute legumes length stimulates flowering Long-day plants maintain seed maintain viability management and harvesting manual material mature Mechanical harvesting plants flower produce seed purity Quality Seeds quantity of seeds Rainfall reduce seed viability relative humidity reproductive phases seed crops Seed moisture content Seed Packaging seed production Seed quality seed required seed ripening sharp transition Short-day plants species stacking storage stored sward sweating temperature for floral thresh transition from vegetative trellis tropical Uneven ripening uniform ripen Vegetative growth vegetative to reproductive weed control Windrowing