Hybrid Maize Seed Production

Miller McDonald
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA 43210-1086

This video is a comprehensive presentation of hybrid maize seed production in the heart of USA’s Corn Belt. The video highlights the principles and practices of this important activity in today’s agriculture, showing how state of the art technologies and machineries are used in high quality hybrid seed production.
Duration: approximately 46 minutes

Contents

• Introduction
• Principles of Hybrid Maize Seed Production
• Contract Growers
• Isolation of Seed Fields
• Fertilization
• Growing Degree Units
• Planting

                        Planting Time
                        Planting Pattern
                        Split Date Planting
                        Mowing

• Irrigation
• Marking Fields
• Roguing Seed Fields
• Detasseling

                        Trimming the Uppermost Leaves
                        Detasseling with Mechanical Wheel Pullers
                        Manual Detasseling

• Male Row Removal
• Harvesting
• Arrival at the Seed Production Facility

                        Sorting
                        Drying
                        Shelling
                        Bulk Storage
                        Conditioning
                        Cleaning
                        Sizing and Grading
                        Seed Treatment
                        Seed Quality Analysis
                        Seed Germination
                        Vigor Testing
                        Bagging
                        Seed Storage

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