Open AccessStudy of rice seed certification at the Gorontalo Province seed certification supervision center
Author(s) -
Merita Ayu Indrianti,
Jefri Hala,
Meity Melani Mokoginta,
Mohamad Ervandi,
Fahrullah Fahrullah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/819/1/012074
Subject(s) - certification , germination , quality (philosophy) , agricultural science , business , agricultural engineering , agronomy , environmental science , engineering , biology , management , epistemology , economics , philosophy
This research aimed to determine the management system of rice seed certification in the Seed Certification Office at Gorontalo Province and determine the obstacles of the system. This research was conducted at Gorontalo Seed Center. The research applied survey design. There were 4 informants in this research. The procedures of rice seed certification system at the seed certification office are as follow: applications for food crop certification, verification of seed source, inspection of field, plant isolation and harvest equipment, seed sampling and quality testing, labelling and issuance seeds contains high level of water and low physical quality, it can be reprocessed to be re-sampled. If it does not pass seed germination test, then the existing samples can be retested without taking samples in the field.