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The production and supply of organic seed is the need of the hour to facilitate the organic Agriculture, which ensures the production of the organic food products free from the toxic substances for better human health. But, also to conserve the soil and environmental health for well-beings of the human life including the flora and fauna. Keeping the importance of the organic agriculture, the book on Organic seed has been compiled which is first of its kind in India. This book consists of four major parts. Part I deals with the documentation of the indigenous varieties in cereals, pulses, oilseeds and vegetables. In Part II, an overview of organic agriculture, requirements and technologies for organic seed production with special reference to rice and cotton, seed quality treatments, certification, marketing and storage of organic seed are discussed. Part III includes the technologies for production, processing and storage of seed. Role of community seed bank, seed fairs and farmers participatory plant breeding are included in the Part IV.

PART I: INDIGENOUS VARIETIES
1 Indigenous rice varieties - J. Srinivasan, K. Vanangamudi & R. Revathi
2 Indigenous varieties in cereals - J. Srinivasan & K. Vanangamudi
3 Indigenous varieties in pulses and oilseeds - J. Srinivasan & K. Vanangamudi
4 Indigenous varieties in vegetables - J. Srinivasan, K. Vanangamudi & M. Prabhu
5 Bringing the traditional varieties under notified varieties list - A.B. Rafiulla

PART II: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ORGANIC SEED
1 Organic agriculture - An overview - V. Sakthirama & K. Vanangamudi
2 General requirements and specific standards for organic seed production - J. Srinivasan, K. Vanangamudi & J. Padma
3 Technologies standardized for organic seed production - J. Srinivasan & K. Vanangamudi
4 Indigenous presowing seed treatments - J. Srinivasan, K. Vanangamudi & S. Kavitha
5 Organic seed quality enhancement treatments - P. Tamilkumar & K. Vanangamudi
6 Pest management in organic farming - M.R. Srinivasan & Sharana Basava Reddy
7 Organic seed certification: Issues - A. Karmugilan
8 Organic rice seed production - J. Srinivasan, K. Vanangamudi & S. Kavitha
9 Participatory approaches for organic seed production in cotton - T.V. Karivaradaraaju
10 Comparison of organic and inorganic seed - P. Srimathi
11 Perspectives of organic seed marketing - T. Jayaraj
12 ITK in seed storage - A. Selvakumari, K.Vanangamudi & R. Vigneshwari
13 Use of organics in seed storage - P. Srimathi, K. Malarkodi & S. Sumathi

PART III: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL SEEDS

1 Technologies for seed production - S. Kalaivani, K. Vanangamudi & J. Srinivasan
2 Technologies for seed processing - S. Kalaivani, K. Vanangamudi & J. Srinivasan
3 Technologies for seed storage - S. Kalaivani, K. Vanangamudi & J. Srinivasan

PART IV: COMMUNITY SEED BANK
1 Community seed bank - J. Srinivasan, K. Vanangamudi & R. Revathi
2 Seed fairs - J. Srinivasan, K. Vanangamudi & R. Vigneshwari
3 Farmers as breeders - J. Srinivasan, K. Vanangamudi & S. Kavitha
4 Role of community seed bank in biodiversity conservation - J. Srinivasan, K. Vanangamudi & G. Karthika