SEED PRODUCTION

Once seed quantities are determined by marketing management, the production department contracts with local growers to produce hybrid seed in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh (the capital being Hyderabad) and Karnataka (Bangalore is the capital). Hybrid seed is produced in association with hundreds of growers; Plantgene supplies parent seed to them.

Rows of male and female parents are inter-planted in isolated production fields separated from other similar-crop fields by a buffer zone in order to maintain genetic purity of the crop.

We start with the purest possible parent seed and rigorously monitor quality from planting and harvesting through processing and bagging.

Quality control personnel visit our seed growers throughout the growing season to supervise the planting, cultivation, crossing, harvest and transportation of the seed crop. Their objective is to guarantee adherence to Plantgene’s high seed quality and field condition standards. After harvesting, our experts continue to examine and test seed as it goes through various processes during seed conditioning.

SEED CONDITIONING

The seed is transported from the production fields to a conditioning plant in Hyderabad. Each seed lot is tested before conditioning and shipment. The seed is dried, cleaned, sized, treated, bagged and prepared for distribution to dealers across India – and from there to farmers who will plant it.

Plantgene does not stop at just meeting standards for quality as established by government regulations. We set our standards above these requirements to ensure that the farmer plants the very best seed for a successful crop.

We know that a farmer’s crop can be no better than the seed quality with which it starts. Plantgene makes sure that its seed is never a limiting factor in a farming operation.