Contents: CHAPTER-1 FLORAL BIOLOGY- POLLINATION BEHAVIOURS CHAPTER-2 IDENTIFICATION OF SEEDS AND SEED STRUCTURES CHAPTER-3 DETERMINING PHYSIOLOGICAL MATURITY STATUS OF SEED CROPS CHAPTER-4 POST HARVEST HANDLING OF SEEDS CHAPTER-5 MECHANICAL INJURY EVALUATION CHAPTER-6 SEED SAMPLING METHODS CHAPTER-7 PURITY ANALYSIS CHAPTER-8 ESTIMATION OF SEED MOISTURE CONTENT CHAPTER-9 SEED GERMINATION TEST CHAPTER-10 SEEDLING EVALUATION CHAPTER-11 VIABILITY TESTING BY TETRAZOLIUM TEST CHAPTER-12 SEED VIGOUR TESTING CHAPTER-13 SEED HEALTH TESTING CHAPTER-14 GROW OUT TEST AND ELECTROPHORESIS FOR VARIETAL IDENTIFICATION CHAPTER-15 SEED UPGRADATION TECHNIQUES CHAPTER-16 PRACTICING DORMANCY BREAKING TREATMENTS CHAPTER-17 PRE SOWING SEED TREATMENTS CHAPTER-18 SEED STORAGE, PRE-STORAGE SEED TREATMENTS AND PACKAGING MATERIALS CHAPTER-19 FORMULAE