The book will provide comprehensive information on seed drying, seed processing, storage, de-linting, blending, physical, physiological, and chemical changes during storage, vegetable crop seed extraction, packaging, storage insects and pests, and their management. This book's contents have been divided into several parts and will be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as stakeholders and policymakers.

Readers will benefit from the resources available in the book for further information on processing, storage, packaging, seed blending, storage insects and pests, and their management.

Sharmila Dutta Deka: Principal Scientist, AICRP on Seeds, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013, Assam

Priyanka Sharma: Assistant Professor, Seed Science & Technology Programme, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785 013, Assam

1. Design of seed processing plant – Equipment, estimation of processing efficiency and its application in agricultural crops
     Priyanka Sharma and Sharmila Dutta Deka  
2. Seed storage structures and prediction of viability during storage - viability nomograph
    Priyanka Sharma and Sharmila Dutta Deka 
3. Principles and practices of seed grading and its different grading techniques
    Meghali Barua
4. Principles of seed storage and factors influencing the life span of seeds during storage
    Sharmila Dutta Deka and Priyanka Sharma 
5. Assessing physical, physiological, and biochemical changes during seed storage
    Sharmila Dutta Deka and Priyanka Sharma 
6. Principles and methods of seed drying
   Sharmila Dutta Deka and Priyanka Sharma 
7. Seed delinting methods and procedures and its assessment of mechanical damage
    Priyanka Sharma
8. Seed packaging, selection and effect of packaging materials on seed longevity and handling
    Meghali Barua and Aradhana Phukan
9. Principles and methods of seed extraction in vegetable crops
    Priyanka Sharma
10. Principles of seed blending and its methods and practices in seed lots
      Priyanka Sharma
11. Presowing seed treatments for seed invigoration
      Priyanka Sharma
12. Pre-storage seed treatments for seed invigoration
      Priyanka Sharma
13. Classification of stored pests and insects and its role in cereals, pulses and oilseed crops
      Abhilisa Mudoi
14. Seed storage godown sanitation, fumigation, and storage insect pest control through physical, chemical and biological methods
       Abhilisa Mudoi