A manual of rice seed health testing - IRRI books - International Rice ...
A manual of rice seed health testing - IRRI books - International Rice ...
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Contents<br />
Foreword v<br />
Preface vi<br />
Part 1<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
1 <strong>Rice</strong> <strong>seed</strong> <strong>health</strong> and<br />
quarantine 3<br />
What is <strong>seed</strong> 3<br />
Seed history 3<br />
Seed exchange 3<br />
The importance <strong>of</strong> <strong>seed</strong><br />
<strong>health</strong> 3<br />
Quarantine 4<br />
2 The <strong>rice</strong> plant and its<br />
environment 5<br />
Seedling morphology 5<br />
Morphology <strong>of</strong> the mature<br />
plant 6<br />
Classification <strong>of</strong> <strong>seed</strong>s 8<br />
<strong>Rice</strong> ecosystems 8<br />
Part 2<br />
PROCEDURES FOR SEED<br />
HEALTH EVALUATIONS<br />
3 Equipment 13<br />
4 Samples and sampling 17<br />
General concept <strong>of</strong><br />
sampling 17<br />
Definition and importance<br />
<strong>of</strong> sampling 17<br />
Components <strong>of</strong> a sampling<br />
technique 17<br />
Sampling from binomal<br />
population 18<br />
Application <strong>of</strong> sampling in<br />
<strong>seed</strong> <strong>testing</strong> 19<br />
Definitions 19<br />
Objective 19<br />
Procedures for sampling<br />
the lot 19<br />
Procedures in the<br />
laboratory 21<br />
5 Dry <strong>seed</strong> inspection 23<br />
Weeds 23<br />
Insects 23<br />
6 Fungi 25<br />
Detection 26<br />
Blotter method 26<br />
Agar plate method 27<br />
Washing test 28<br />
Glowing-on test 28<br />
Isolation 28<br />
Identification 28<br />
7 Bacteria 29<br />
Bacterial <strong>rice</strong> pathogens 29<br />
Extraction and isolation 30<br />
Pseudomonads 30<br />
Xanthomonads 32<br />
Purification 33<br />
Identification 33<br />
Morphological<br />
characteristics 33<br />
Biochemical characteristics<br />
35<br />
Detection 39<br />
Pathogenicity test 39<br />
Semiselective media 41<br />
8 Nematodes 47<br />
Detection 47<br />
Modified Baermann funnel<br />
method 47<br />
Sieve method 48<br />
Manual dehulling<br />
method 48<br />
Identification 48<br />
9 Viruses and<br />
mycoplasmalike<br />
organisms 49<br />
10 Field inspection 51<br />
General principles 51<br />
Plant growth stages, number <strong>of</strong><br />
field inspections, and<br />
counts per inspection 52<br />
Field count methods 52<br />
Field inspection at <strong>IRRI</strong> 56<br />
11 Seed treatment 59<br />
Advantages <strong>of</strong> <strong>seed</strong><br />
treatment 59<br />
Limitations <strong>of</strong> <strong>seed</strong><br />
treatment 59<br />
Methods 59<br />
Seed treatment for<br />
quarantine 60<br />
Seed treatment at <strong>IRRI</strong> 61<br />
Future biocides 61<br />
Precautions 61<br />
Part 3 PESTS AND PATHOGENS<br />
12 Weed <strong>seed</strong><br />
contaminants 65<br />
Purity analysis 66<br />
Determination <strong>of</strong> other species<br />
by number 66<br />
13 Insect pests 69<br />
<strong>Rice</strong> moth 69<br />
Rusty red grain beetle 69<br />
Saw-toothed grain beetle 70<br />
Indian meal moth 70<br />
Lesser grain borer 71<br />
Granary weevil 71<br />
<strong>Rice</strong> weevil 72<br />
Maize weevil 72<br />
Angoumuis grain moth 72<br />
Red flour beetle or bran bug 73<br />
Confused flour beetle 73