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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

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