The current work entitled Forest Seed Science and Management covers a range of topics related to seeds and comprises 14 chapters that delve into historical perspectives, recent research trends, insect, pest, and disease management, physiological, biotechnological, and molecular aspects, seed collection to processing and storage, testing, industrial applications, seed policy and legislation, intellectual property rights, and rural extension.

The current work entitled Forest Seed Science and Management covers a range of topics related to seeds and comprises 14 chapters that delve into historical perspectives, recent research trends, insect, pest, and disease management, physiological, biotechnological, and molecular aspects, seed collection to processing and storage, testing, industrial applications, seed policy and legislation, intellectual property rights, and rural extension.

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1. Forest Seed Science- Necessity for the Present Day Forestry Gopal Shukla, Nazir A Pala, Vineeta and Sumit Chakravarty 2. Forest Seed Technology and its Overview M.M. Rather, M.A. Dar, Kalpana Kukreja, Reyaz A. Bhat and Monika Panwar 3. Seed Orchards and Seed Stand Afaq Majid Wani, S. B. Lal, Sheshan Shrivastava and Gunjan Kumari 4. Physiology of Forest Seeds Lakshmi Hijam and Tulsi Saran Ghimiray 5. Seed Storage and Testing of Forest Seeds Bobbymoore Konsam 6. Sources, Testing and Management of Forest Seed Pathogens Nataliya Krishnambika Ambica 7. Insect Pests of Forest Seeds and Their Management in Natural and Storage Environment Suprakash Pal, Supriya Biswas, Gopal Shukla, Nazir A. Pala and Sumit Chakravarty 8. Forest Seed, Trade and its Certification Dhiman Mukherjee 9. Trends in Forest Tree Seed Germination Research Sanjeev K. Chauhan, H.V. Srinidhi, R. Sharma, Jagdish Chander and H.S. Saralch 10. Exploring Biotechnology for Quality Forest Planting Material Hossain Ali Mondal and Puspendu Dutta 11. Molecular Markers in Forest Seeds Sandip Debnath 12. Forest Reproductive Material Legislation Manmohan J R Dobriyal 13. Intellectual Property Rights with Particular Orientation to Forestry Bidhan Roy, Dinesh Tulsiram Surje and Swarnajit Debbarma 14. Entrepreneurship Development Through Forest Seed Marketing Litan Das, P.K. Pal and Pampi Paul