Uniformity, Purity & Adoptability
Seed is the basic organic fundamental unit through which plants spread their species. Seeds are extremely important for many reasons; it is a raw material for many industrial products, It is the most important commodity for farming community, Its provide the food securities for all living organism and It is also used for many medicinal purpose.
For increasing the crop yield, the quality of seeds is considered as an important factor. The use of quality seeds helps greatly in higher production per unit area to attain food security of the country. Quality seeds have the ability for efficient utilization of the inputs such as fertilizers and irrigation. Well, thought policy, planning, congenial regulatory system, facilities for capacity and structural improvement both in public and private sectors are required for production, processing, preservation, and distribution of sufficient quantity of quality seeds in time to the farmers
The duty of Quality Assurance department is to accurately determine and safeguard quality of seed. We can define the good quality seeds by its uniformity, high germination and high vigor, true to type, physically pure, chemically treated & free from diseases. Quality attributes are mainly categorized as: True to type, high in germination with high vigor, physically pure, having optimum moisture, and chemically treated disease-free seeds. As per the farmers perspectives good quality seeds should carrying high seed weight, uniform shape, size, color which should be validated by its good germination value in response to good cultivation practices.
The production, processing, quality check and packaging of seeds at Comienzo Agri Science Limited (Vachan Seeds) are based on stringent quality assurance norms. Apart from supervision, the quality function also validated by quality tests conducted at frequent intervals. The QA policy of the company is aimed at providing timely, reliable and reproducible results as per minimum seed standards. The QA function operated in Quality Assurance laboratory and two field test locations in Chhattisgarh.
The primary aim of the seed QA department is to obtain accurate and reproducible results regarding the quality status of the seed samples submitted to the Seed Quality Laboratories.
The role of Quality Assurance department is Selection (√) of good Quality Seed Lot or
Rejection (X) of poor quality Seed Lot.
Selection or rejection of seed LOTs will be done based on following criteria
Purity testing : Cleanliness & Genuineness
Moisture testing : Hot Air Oven method
Germination test : Paper Towel, Petri plate, Nursery tray & Soil
Grow Out Test :Identify Genetic purity in the Field to identify Off type