Quality rice seed production manual produced
17 February 2011
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The Uganda-based NERICA rice project, funded by DFID through RIU, has recently published a comprehensive manual on rice seed production.
The Quality rice seed production manual is written by Godfrey Asea, Geoffrey Onaga, Noah Anthony Phiri and Daniel Kimani Karanja, and published by two key partners in the NERICA project, the Uganda National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) and CABI Africa. It can be freely copied on a non-commercial basis.
The NERICA project in Uganda has focused on the production of quality rice seed through capacity building of smallholder outgrowers linked to Ugandan seed companies.
The manual, which runs to 73 pages, covers all aspects of rice seed production, including:
The Seed Sector in Uganda
Seed System of Rice in Uganda
Rice Seed Production
Traditional and Modern Rice Varieties
Seed Production
The rice plant
Rice Spikelet
Natural Breeding Mechanism of Rice Plant
The seed and grain
Parts of a seed
Process of seed formation
The rice seed
Stages of seed formation
Rice breeding aspects
Types of seeds
Why use good seeds?
What are good seeds?
Where do farmers get seeds?
Growing Certified Rice Seed - Upland Rice
Upland rice varieties in Uganda
Choice of land
Land preparation
Seed preparation
A seed grower should know what seed viability means
Seed dressing
Pre germinating seed
Planting the crop
Crop establishment and replanting/gap filling
Planting methods
Gap filling and thinning
Steps in Seed Paddy Production
Planting Procedure
i). Nucleus seed (Produced by a Breeder)
ii). Breeders seed (Produced by a Breeder)
iii). Foundation seed (Produced by a Breeder and registered seed producer)
iv). Registered seed (Produced by seed producer without mandatory supervision of a breeder)
v). Certified seed (Produced by seed producers)
Weeding
Fertilizer application
Calculating fertilizer rates
Fertilizer rates and regimes
Insect Pests of Rice
Stalked-eyed flies (Diopsis thoracica)
African Rice Gall Midge (Oreolia oryzivora)
Rice Leaf folder (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)
Stem borers (Pyralidae)
Stink bug and Rice bug (Asparia armigera)
Rice mealybugs
Rice weevil (storage insect)
Termites (e.g., Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen), Heterotermes philippinensis (Light)
Diseases of Rice
Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (RY\1V)
Rice Blast (Magnaporthe grisea) (Pyricularia oryzae)
Sheath Blight (Thanatephorus cucumeris)
Brown spot (Cochliobolus miyabeanus)
Leaf scald (Metasphaeria albescens)
Sheath rot (Sarocladium oryzae)
Grain rot (Burkholderia glumate)
False smut (Claviceps virens)
Post harvest Handling
Harvesting methods commonly used by farmers in Uganda
Threshing
Drying
Paddy cleaning
Storage
Equilibrium moisture content of paddy (%)
Guidelines for seed storage moisture content
Management aspects in seed production
Field inspection and rouging
Quality control
Off-types in rice
Features of good quality seed
Steps in seed processing
Guide to seed quality standard
17 February 2011
Tweet
The Uganda-based NERICA rice project, funded by DFID through RIU, has recently published a comprehensive manual on rice seed production.
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Quality Rice Seed - Production Manual July 2010 (PDF 5MB) |
The Quality rice seed production manual is written by Godfrey Asea, Geoffrey Onaga, Noah Anthony Phiri and Daniel Kimani Karanja, and published by two key partners in the NERICA project, the Uganda National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) and CABI Africa. It can be freely copied on a non-commercial basis.
The NERICA project in Uganda has focused on the production of quality rice seed through capacity building of smallholder outgrowers linked to Ugandan seed companies.
The manual, which runs to 73 pages, covers all aspects of rice seed production, including:
The Seed Sector in Uganda
Seed System of Rice in Uganda
Rice Seed Production
Traditional and Modern Rice Varieties
Seed Production
The rice plant
Rice Spikelet
Natural Breeding Mechanism of Rice Plant
The seed and grain
Parts of a seed
Process of seed formation
The rice seed
Stages of seed formation
Rice breeding aspects
Types of seeds
Why use good seeds?
What are good seeds?
Where do farmers get seeds?
Growing Certified Rice Seed - Upland Rice
Upland rice varieties in Uganda
Choice of land
Land preparation
Seed preparation
A seed grower should know what seed viability means
Seed dressing
Pre germinating seed
Planting the crop
Crop establishment and replanting/gap filling
Planting methods
Gap filling and thinning
Steps in Seed Paddy Production
Planting Procedure
i). Nucleus seed (Produced by a Breeder)
ii). Breeders seed (Produced by a Breeder)
iii). Foundation seed (Produced by a Breeder and registered seed producer)
iv). Registered seed (Produced by seed producer without mandatory supervision of a breeder)
v). Certified seed (Produced by seed producers)
Weeding
Fertilizer application
Calculating fertilizer rates
Fertilizer rates and regimes
Insect Pests of Rice
Stalked-eyed flies (Diopsis thoracica)
African Rice Gall Midge (Oreolia oryzivora)
Rice Leaf folder (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)
Stem borers (Pyralidae)
Stink bug and Rice bug (Asparia armigera)
Rice mealybugs
Rice weevil (storage insect)
Termites (e.g., Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen), Heterotermes philippinensis (Light)
Diseases of Rice
Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (RY\1V)
Rice Blast (Magnaporthe grisea) (Pyricularia oryzae)
Sheath Blight (Thanatephorus cucumeris)
Brown spot (Cochliobolus miyabeanus)
Leaf scald (Metasphaeria albescens)
Sheath rot (Sarocladium oryzae)
Grain rot (Burkholderia glumate)
False smut (Claviceps virens)
Post harvest Handling
Harvesting methods commonly used by farmers in Uganda
Threshing
Drying
Paddy cleaning
Storage
Equilibrium moisture content of paddy (%)
Guidelines for seed storage moisture content
Management aspects in seed production
Field inspection and rouging
Quality control
Off-types in rice
Features of good quality seed
Steps in seed processing
Guide to seed quality standard
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