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Quality Declared Seed system would make use of resources already available in seed production organization in those countries where human and physical resources for quality control were otherwise limited. The book is designed to provide quality control during seed production which would be less demanding on government resources than seed certification, but that it could be sufficiently adequate to provide good quality seed both within countries and in international trade. However, the Quality Declared Seed system places greater reliance on the conscientiousness of seed producing farmers and seed traders. The book has not been designed as replacement for a fully developed seed certification scheme but rather to make the best use of limited technical resources. The system is designed to develop technical expertise within the seed industry so that seed production and distribution become more efficient and with the responsibility placed on producers and traders a climate will be created in which the conscientious traders a climate will be created in which the conscientious trader can prosper.  Table of Contents Part I: Guidelines Applicable to All Crop Species  Chapter 1: General  Chapter 2: Definitions  Chapter 3: Eligibility of varieties  Chapter 4: Register of Seed Producers  Chapter 5: Production of seeds  Chapter 6: Labeling  Chapter 7: Supervision by Governments  Chapter 8: Penalties  Chapter 9: Organizational framework  Chapter 10: Quality Declared Seed Declaration  Part II: Guidelines Applicable to Individual Crop Species  Cereals  Maize: Hybrid, Maize: open-pollinated, Pearl millet: Hybrid, Pearl millet: Synthetics and open-pollinated, Rice, Sorghum: Hybrid  Sorghum: Open-pollinated, Wheat  Food Legumes  Beans, Broad beans, Chickpeas, Cowpeas, Dry peas, Groundnuts, Lentils, Mungbeans, Soya bean  Oil Crops  Sesame, Sunflower: Hybrid, Sunflower: Open-pollinated  Forage Crops  Forage grasses, Andropogon gayanus, Bothriochloa insculpta, Brachiaria decumbens, Brachiaria humidicola, Buffelgrass, Dallis grass, Eragrostis curvula, Panicum coloratum, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum clandestinum, Rhodes grass, Setaria spacelata, Setaria porphyrantha, Forage legumes, Calopogonium muconoides, Centrosema pubescens, Desmodium, Lablab purpureus, Lotononis, Pueraria phaseoloides, Stylosanthes, Trifolium semipilosum  Industrial Crops  CottonL Open-pollinated, Castor bean  Vegetable Crops  Amaranthus, Beetroot, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery, Chinese cabbage, Cucumber: Hybrid, Cucumber: Open-pollinated, Eggplant, Leek, Lettuce, Melon: Hybrid, Melon: Open-pollinated, New Zealand spinach, Okra, Onion: Hybrid, Onion: Open-pollinated, Parsley, Radish, Spinach: Hybrid, Spinach: Open-pollinated, Squash: Hybrid, Squash: Open-pollinated, Sweet pepper and chili: open-pollinated, Swiss chard, Tomato: Hybrid, Tomato: Open-pollinated, Turnip, Watermelon: Hybrid, Watermelon: Open-pollinated.