Seed Systems

As of April, CIA's Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports and other documents on "Seed Systems". The exhibition includes: breeding, production, drying, certification, quality control, storage, commercialization, trading, legislation, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:

• Seed system security assessment. 2009. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Catholic Relief Services; United States Agency for International Development (USAID).


• Manual para el establecimiento de pequeñas empresas de semillas (PES). 2005. Giraldo Avila, Guillermo.


• Manual para el beneficio de semillas. 2. ed. 1992. Aguirre, Roberto; Peske, Silmar Teichert.


• Seed-borne diseases and seed health testing of rice. 1989. Agarwal, P.C.; Mortensen, Carmen Nieves; Mathur, S.B.


• Manual de semillas de malezas : que afectan la calidad de las semillas certificadas en Colombia. 1989. Cayón Salinas, Daniel Gerardo; Mendoza O., Alejandro; Norato Forero, Tomás.


• Setting breeding objectives and developing seed systems with farmers : A handbook for practical use in participatory plant breeding projects. 2005. Christinck, Anja; Weltzien R., Eva; Hoffmann, Volker.


• Business skills for small-scale seed producers : a trainer´s guide. 2002. David, Soniia; Oliver, Beth.


• Fisiología de semillas y plántulas. 2002. Correa Velásquez, Jairo.


• Successful seed programs : A planning and management guide. 1980. Douglas, Johnson E. (ed.).


• Essential elements for successful seed programs [tutorial unit]. 1983. Douglas, Johnson E.; Poey Diago, Federico Raúl; Robayo Vanoy, Gabriel; Arregocés, Oscar; Fernández de Soto, José (eds.).


• Addressing seed security in disaster response : Linking relief with development. 2004. Sperling, Louise; Remington, Tom; Haugen, Jon M.; Nagoda, Sigrid (eds.).


• En foco : Semillas generosas: Mejoramiento participativo de plantas. 2003. Vernooy, Ronnie.


• Anatomy of seed plants. 2. ed. 1977. Esau, Katherine.


• Handbook of seed technology for genebanks. 1985. Ellis, R.H.; Hong, T.D.; Roberts, E.H.


• Tecnología de la semilla de cereales : Manual de producción, control de calidad y distribución de semillas de cereales. 1977. Feistritzer, Walther P. (comp.).


• Biotechnology and the seed industry. 1990. Fox, Patrick.


• Seed processing : A training manual. 2001. Grass, Lahcen; Gregg, B.


• Seed systems and crop genetic diversity on-farm : Proceedings of a workshop, 16-20 September 2003, Pucallpa, Peru. 2004. Jarvis, Devra I.; Sevilla Panizo, Ricardo; Chávez Servia, José Luis; Hodgkin, Toby (eds.).


• Agricultural biotechnology and intellectual property : Seeds of change. 2007. Kesan, Jay P. (ed.).


• Saving seeds : The economics of conserving crop genetic resources ex situ in the future harvest centres of the CGIAR. 2004. Koo, Bonwoo; Pardey, Philip G.; Wright, Brian D.; Bramel, Paula J.; Debouck, Daniel G.; Van Dusen, M. Eric; Jackson, Michael T.; Taba, Suketoshi; Valkoun, Jan.


• Seed economics : Commercial considerations for enterprise management in developing countries.
  
  2000. Kugbei, Sam.


• Seed pathology. 1977. Neergaard, Paul.


• Manual of seed handling in genebanks. 2006. Rao, N. Kameswara; Hanson, Jean; Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan; Ghosh, Kakoli; Nowell, David; Larinde, Michael Abimbola.


• Manual de normas y procedimientos para la certificación de semillas en Colombia. 1976. Rubio Russell, Enrique.


• Laboratory guide for identification of plant pathogenic bacteria. 3rd ed. 2001. Schaad, N.W.; Jones, J.B.; Chun, W. (eds.).

A complete list of the exhibition in PDF