Introduction

• Seed is a basic input in agriculture. Strictly speaking seed is an embryo, a living organism embedded in the supporting or the food storage tissue. In seed, the importance is given to the biological existence whereas; in grain the importance is given to the supporting tissue the economic produce.
• As per Seed Act (1966) seed includes
• Seed of food crops including edible oil seeds and seeds of fruits & vegetables.
• Cotton seeds
• Seeds of cattle fodder
• Jute seeds
• Seedlings, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, roots, cuttings, all types of grafts and other vegetatively propagated material for food crops (or) cattle fodder