Seeds

Types of Seeds

• Hybrid Seeds: Hybrid seeds are obtained by cross pollination of different varieties of related plants. These seeds were instrumental in Green Revolution.
• These seeds combine desirable properties of two related plants. Drawback is that these seeds don’t regenerate seeds of same quality. Hybrid seeds are further classified into – breeder seeds, foundation seeds and certified seeds.
• Genetically Modified Varieties: These varieties of seeds are developed in laboratories by genetic engineering technologies.
• In these technologies genes of different species of organisms (like bacteria genes with plants) are integrated to modify DNA to get desired characteristic. Main concern of the ....