Seed and Seedling Management Section
Seed and Seedling Management Section
■Vision: To achieve precise and sustainable service by intelligentization and cross-domain integration.
■Major programs:
- Demonstration and extension of Tsips-produced / developed products and the related studies.
- Execution / management of the seed processing and storage programs and the related studies.
- Execution of field inspection and interior testing as well as issuing certificates of International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) according to International Rules for Seed Testing.
- Studies on seed testing techniques and the related international communication and cooperation.
- Studies on seed treatment techniques and the related application.
♦Demonstration and extension of Tsips-produced / developed products and the related studies.
Demonstration of new varieties and seed / seedling supply of feed corn, sorghum, green manure crops, vegetable seeds and horticulture seedling.
▲Introduction of different commercial varieties. |
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▲Feed corn plant of ‘Tainong No. 7’. |
▲Green manure crop-Egyptian clover. |
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▲Seed packages of feed corn ‘Tainong No. 7’, vetch and rape of green manure. |
♦Execution / management of the seed processing and storage programs and the related studies.
- Execution / management of the feed corn, sorghum, green manure crops seed processing and storage programs.
- Establishment of the RFID technology for seed storage management system.
- Seed automated packaging procedure.
▲Feed corn seed processing procedure. |
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▲Maize thresher facilities. |
▲Seed warehousing service. |
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▲Seed automated packaging procedure. |
♦Execution of field inspection and laboratory seed testing as well as issuing certificate of International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) according to International Rules for Seed Testing.
- Seed testing within Seed Multiplication and Certification System. Field inspection and interior seed testing are conducted on paddy rice, peanut, soybean, corn, sorghum and so on.
- Conduct the seed testing for quality examination of marketing seeds and ornamental plant seeds.
- Conduct the seed testing for ISTA certificate application.
▲Procedure of seed laboratory testing |
▲Field inspection on rice. |
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▲Sampling of paddy seed. |
▲Sampling and sealing of exporting seed lot for ISTA certificate. |
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♦Studies on seed testing techniques and the related international communication and copperation.
- To establish the seed testing methods corresponding to ISTA rules.
- To participate in seed testing workshops held by ISTA.
- To communicate with foreign seed testing laboratories on seed testing techniques.
- Image recognition system on assisting seed testing.
▲The SOP for detecting Acidovorax citrulli |
▲Variety testing for rice seeds with image processing |
▲Oral presentation during ISTA congress in Hyderabad, India. |
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▲Attending 2019 ISTA congress |
♦Studies on seed treatment techniques and the related application.
- Works on the processing technique for promoting the seed quality and implementation of technology commercialization.
- Technique development of seed coating / pelleting, organic agent of seed coating, diverse / comprehensive processing, seed vigor tests, increasing vitality seed processing etc.
▲Pelleting seeds of corn, radish, spinach, sunflower, cabbage and lettuce. |
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▲Seed vigor test for ultrasonic treated bitter gourd seeds. Bitter gourd seed (200x) seed coat arranged after ultrasonic treatment was larger than the loose pores (left: untreated, right: ultrasonic). |