Seed quality plays an important role in the production of agronomic and horticultural crops. Characteristics such as trueness to variety, germination percentage, purity, vigor, and appearance are important to farmers planting crops and to homeowners establishing lawns and gardens.
A good seed not only produces good food, but also more good seeds growers can save, share and replant. Farmers have done this for millennia. ... These kinds of seeds can be useful to grow food, but they reduce farmers' options for seed saving. A good seed can be saved and pass on its genes to the next generation
