Analysis and Proposals for Commercial Hybrid Maize Seed Quality in Shandong Province
Wang Xiaokun
Li Heqin
Jiang Xuwen
Wang Jianhua
Abstract：From 2011 to 2013, 337 commercial maize seed samples were collected from Shandong Prov-ince.The indexes of seed moisture content, germination potential and germination percentage were detected and the informations of seed coating, packaging and packaging bag label, etc were censused.The results showed that the seed quality assurance of commercial maize hybrids in Shandong Province still presented a se-ries of problems.Damaged ( including larger crack) samples occupied over 78%;the differences between ger-mination ability and germination rate were significant, and the germination ability ranged from 41.7%to 100. 0%, while the germination percentage ranged from 53.7%to 100.0%.The ways and methods to improve and ensure the quality of maize hybrids were put forward based on the results.
Keywords：Shandong ProvinceMaizeSeed quality
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 33-35 )