Seed Technology BOT-243-MN and practicals based on the same course BOT-246-MNP is newly implemented for the students who love agricultural aspects like Seed Technology which is supposed to be heart of total agricultural production on global level, to the crops that are grown by seed as unit of cultivation. Seed Technology includes the scientific methods and practices used to improve the quality and performance of seeds, including variety development, seed production, processing, storage, testing and certification of authorized seeds. Globally this science plays a crucial role in agriculture by ensuring a reliable supply of high quality seeds for crop production, contributing to food security and sustainable agriculture progress of any nation.

India is land of variety of crops under Cultivation-cereals, millets, vegetables, pulses and many more. Now we are leader in the production of rice, wheat, cotton but lagging in the production of oil seed crops, pulses and many other crops also. So Seed Technology course will introduce the theory and practicals based on certain issues of Seed Technology. These includes major seed industries, types of seeds production and varietal programme, seed testing, certification, processing and marketing of seeds. Now this sector has high demand and excellent career opportunities in authentic supply of seed for development of our country agriculture in total.

We are thankful to our publisher Hon. Shri. Rangarao Patil of Prashant Publication, Jalgaon for suggesting in writing and presenting this new course to the students. We are most thankful to the staff of this publication in transferring this written literature in a book form.

 We all are thankful to our readers students as well as teachers. We have tried our maximum to present the subject matter in simple and lucid style. For further improvement of such agricultural oriented subject matter suggestion will be thankfully accepted.

We thankfully acknowledge several publications and AI internet facility for several important references. Thanks to all such pulications and references.