AXAY BHUKER*, NEHA BOORA, S. S. JAKHAR AND SATPAL
Department of Seed Science & Technology, College of Agriculture1
Forage Section, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : bhuker.axay@gmail.com)
(Received : 10 October 2022; Accepted : 12 December 2022)
SUMMARY
Last five years data (2016-17 to 2020-21) on certified seed of forage crops was collected from Haryana State Seed Certification Agency (HSSCA), Panchkula (Haryana) including certified
seed production in public, private and co-operative sector. The data of fresh as well as revalidated certified seed were also collected to know the status of certified seed in the state. The results revealed that quantity of certified seed of forage crops has increased since last five years. Certified seed of oat crop has increased from 838.58 q (2016-17) to 2960.79 q (2020-21). Number of seeds lots offered for certification have also increased from 10 to 22. During 2017-18, only one seed lot and during 2018-19, three seed lots were offered for revalidation of 15.00 q seed while no seed was offered for revalidation since last two years i.e. 2019-20 and 2020-21. In oat crop, five varieties i.e. HJ-8, OS-6, OS-377, OL-10, Kent are in seed chain and three varieties i.e. HB-2, BL-10, BL-42 of berseem are in seed chain since last five years. Berseem certified seed production has also increased from 17.37 q (2016-17) to 120.00 q (2020-21) but production was maximum (161.40 q) during 2018-19. No quantity of berseem certified seed was offered for revalidation since last five years which indicates the heavy demand of seeds of fodder crops. Apart from this quantity of certified seed, a huge quantity of TL seed is also being sold to the farmers which need to be estimated for total quantity of seed available for farmers. The above information may be useful for seed producing organizations for demand forecasting/planning and can be used in framing agricultural policies.
Key words: Avena sativa, forage crops, certified seed, revalidation, Trifolium alexandrinum