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Improvement of ovule to seed and seed to plant ratios remains the ultimate aim of all research and developmental efforts of seed science and technology. Being a connecting link between two generations of plants or crops, seed is a carrier of new technology or new improvements made by the breeders. The seed production protocols then need to be efficient enough to produce seeds that possess desired quality traits in terms of genetic, physical, physiological and health quality. Hence, the implementation of improved seed production technology of various crops will improve the ovule to seed ratio in the mother crop and seed to plant ratio in the subsequent crop raised from the seed. Additionally, the seed to plant ratio can be maintained or improved by adopting accurate and adequate seed enhancement and storage strategies. The available literature has been segregated in different heads: seed production, genetic quality, physiological quality, seed health, seed enhancement and seed storage.

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  1. Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Ashok Kumar Thakur

  2. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Carr. No 85, km 145, NL 67700, Linares, Mexico

    Ratikanta Maiti

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  2. Department of Crop Physiology, Agricultural College, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India

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  3. Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

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  4. Department of ASEPAN (Agronomy), Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India

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Thakur, A.K., Maiti, R. (2016). Recent Trends in Seed Science and Technology. In: Maiti, R., Kumari, A., Thakur, A., Sarkar, N. (eds) Bioresource and Stress Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0995-2_13

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