As the new planting season commences, all of us will be buying different kinds of seeds to plant on the farm with hope of having a bountiful harvest.

Pls permit me to give small seminar on seed classifications & how it may affect our harvest.

Generally speaking, there are four generally recognized classes of seeds. They are.

1) Nuclear seed

2) Breeder seed

3) Foundation Seed (FS)

4) Certified & or Registered seed

Nuclear Seed:
This is the hundred percent genetically pure seed with physical purity and does not contain any other physical impurities.

It is produced by the original breeder/Institute /State Agriculture University under strict agronomy laboratory conditions.

It is the parent of breeder seed

Breeder Seed:
Breeder seed is produced from nucleus seed under the supervision of a qualified plant breeder in a research institute. it has all the morphological characters that the breeder want in the plant

Breeder seeds are produced by mutual multiplication of three different lines which are denoted by A line, B line and R line.

Breeder Seed is held, maintained, and controlled by the originating plant breeder, sponsoring plant breeder or institution, in such a way to maintain its genetic purity and identity.

Foundation seed (FS) is the progeny of breeder seed (BrS) produced under technical control of qualified plant breeders or technical officers. Its production is supervised and approved by certification agency.

Foundation seed (FS) is seed so designated by an agriculture experiment station. Its production is carefully supervised or approved by representatives of an agricultural experiment station. It is the source of all other certified seed classes, either directly or through registered seeds.

FS is pure seed stocks grown by or under the supervision of a public agency for use in the production of registered and certified seeds.

Certified seed ...
Certified seed is the product of a production process designed to deliver specific plant breeding achievements to farmers and the food industry.

In essence, what normally get to the farmer is d certified seed. As the name implies, it has been certified to give specific traits & characteristics perculiar to the area where it is to be planted.

Annotated figure of classes of seeds

The question that may arise is the deceitful use of the name "hybrid" to sell most of these seeds to us by the agro-shops.

Simply put, a hybrid seed (or plant) is a cross between two or more unrelated inbred plants. The two different varieties are cross bred, resulting in a seed that carries one or more favorable traits.

Nucleus seeds, breeder seeds, foundation seeds & certified seeds are not hybrid seeds. Infact, they are termed non-hybrid seeds due to their open pollination breeding.

Non-hybrid seeds come from plants that are naturally pollinated. Non-hybrid seeds will produce plants whose seeds will produce more plants that look the same as the parent plant.

Most times though, what we get to buy are just ordinary seeds brandished as certified or hybrid seeds which does not give the farmer the expected (field) yield.

But as more enlightened people come into agriculture entrepreneurship, the secrets of theses unscrupulous seed sellers are being exposed gradually.

Hence, we shld endeavour to ask for the certification number of seeds we want to buy to plant in commercial level so at not to continually fall prey to the sellers antics.

Having said this, the best seed to buy and plant (if one can get it) is the foundation seed, which is directly from the multiplication field.

FS cld be a bit more expensive, but it's worth the investment.

For those of us that want to plant maize in ds planting season,.....
We hv FS (Foundation stock) maize seed for sale @500/kg. Location: ibadan
Purity: 95% Germination Rate: 98% Maturity: 75days Colour: Yellow Drought Resistant Fortifications: Vit A & C Requirement/acre: 4 - 6kg Expected Yield: 2 - 4T/acre
Price: 500/kg Minimum order: 10kg Delivery: Nationwide
FS seeds are 1 or 2 classes higher than d all d seeds we see arnd & buy.
Place ur order now (see my signature)

Farming is Timing.
There is a time to plant and a time to harvest.
This is d this me to plant Maize.
For bountiful harvest, plant FS
If u are not planting FS......you are on a looooooooong thing o.

TokyoBulls:
Facts necessary to consider: Nigeria's national average for maize yield is 1.8 tons per hectare. Some local seed companies have seeds with yield potential of 5 to 7 tons per hectare. There are improved imported hybrid seeds that promise 5 to 10 tonnes, some as high as 15 tons per hectare for sweet corn. So all in all, the following factors determine your yield:
1). Seed,
2) Soil,
3) Agronomy practices,
4). Fertilizer application,
5) Weather, 6. Spacing

Very aptly said

If u are planting maize & u are not planting FS maize seed, U never plant maize o

Newway2:



Very aptly said

what do you mean by agronomy practice?
fertilizer application what brand is required and from planting to harvesting, how much fertizer willbe required and hiw much should be applied from start to finish?
spacing pease explain

FS stands for Foundation seed. It's d seed from which other seeds are gotten.
For planting, it's always better to plant FS if u can get it.
We sell FS maize seed

Gudmrn.
We are now fully in d maize & cassava planting season.
Don't miss out from bountiful maize yield ds season.
Order ur FS maize seed now.
Price: 500/kg Minimum order: 10kg Delivery: Nationwide

How do we get this in Abeokuta?

Newway2:
Gudmrn.

We are now fully in d maize & cassava planting season.

Don't miss out from bountiful maize yield ds season.

Order ur FS maize seed now.

Price: 500/kg
Minimum order: 10kg
Delivery: Nationwide

sodiqalabi:
How do we get this in Abeokuta?

WhatsApp me on my signature

Have u planted maize?
Which variety of maize did u plant?

If it's not FS, then; u are loosing abt 2tonne/ha.
Why not plant FS?

Late maize planting will start soon.
Are u planting late maize?
Make sure u plant FS

Would like to buy for experimentation buy the minimum order limit of 10kg is very discouraging.

No seed like Foundation Seed (FS)

Plant FS maize for your late maize planting.

No seed like Foundation Seed (FS)

Plant FS maize for your late maize planting.

Pls, let's have ur watsapp number. We need ur seed for our 8hectares of land. Your signature is not going through and many people have been complaining. THANKS

ola185:
Pls, let's have ur watsapp number. We need ur seed for our 8hectares of land. Your signature is not going through and many people have been complaining. THANKS

FS is d best

pls bear with me,

My signature

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If I write it in full NL usually ban me. I don't know why

FS is d best seed to plant.
Plant FS now & reap bountifully.

Foundation Seed or another Local seed from the origin!

Give us its variety name instead.

olly6559:
Foundation Seed or another Local seed from the origin!

Give us its variety name instead.

Doubting Thomas

BR-9928-DMR

Testimony of a fellow farmer who planted 250kg FS on his 24ha & got a wonderful harvest.

Late planting season is here with us.
Plant FS. Reap bountifully.
To buy FS, contact us
0-8-0-6-3-2-4-9-4-5-7

Do you want bountiful maize harvest?
Then, plant FS.

To buy FS, contact us 0-8-0-6-3-2-4-9-4-5-7

For bountiful maize harvest

plant FS.

To buy FS, contact us 0-8-0-6-3-2-4-9-4-5-7