Includes bibliographical references and index.

The seeds -- General aspects of fruits, seeds and vegetables -- Physiology of flowering and fruiting -- Seed maturity and physiological and biochemical changes during maturity -- Post-harvest management of crops -- Physiology of post-harvest -- Disorder and physiological diseases -- Research advances on pre and post harvest physiology and management of vegetables, fruits and other crops -- Cleaning, drying, seperation and airconditioning -- Determination of quality -- Dormancy -- Seed germination and vigour testing -- Seed enhancement -- Seed production -- Strategic placement of products for marketing -- Crop establishment -- Seed nutrition -- Allelopathy -- Technological management of environment during germination and emergence -- Reserach advances on seed physiology and seedling establishment of some selected crops -- Cereals -- Vegetables -- Legumes -- Oil seeds -- Fibre crop -- Intellectual property rights and Indian seeed industry.