Frequently Asked Questions

A seed that is grown in organic standards set by government can be labelled as an organic seed. A certified seed does not contain engineered traits, must be grown in organic soil that is also certified. Packaged in a certified facility, a seed you can believe is an organic seed.

The national standards fro organic farming requires certified farmers to use organic seeds only. And beyond this, there are greater benefits of using organic seed system. These seed varieties give farmers optimum genetics for their production systems. And an organically bred seed gives processors, companies and retailers improved traits that the buyers and consumers value more. Such a seed is better in flavour, colour, nutritions and much more. Organic practices, research and breeding are still at the beginner’s level, we need to take it further.

A group of genetically related plants is called a family. The nature of a relationship is also specified often.

The inheritance that controls a given trait is a gene. These genes are located in fixed loci in seeds and these alternative forms are called alleles.

A “public cultivar” is the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance.