Seed productionis, the key course for the major of seed science and engineering, covering the subjects of organization, principles and technology of seed production. The contents include introduction, certification, registration utilization and protection of the new varieties. The principles of seed production (classification and characteristics of cultivars, methods for keeping the genetic purity, different types of plant reproduction, the seed production techniques, the ecological conditions and localization for seed production) the specific seed production techniques and seed certification systems for self-pollinated crops like wheat, rice and soybean, cross-pollinated crops like corn, rapeseed, and sunflower, and ofter-cross pollinated crops like cotton, sorghum, asexualreproductive crops like potato, sweet potato, and sungarcane, vegetable crops, turfgrass, and other economic crops.
Agriculture
农业科学是研究农业发展的自然规律和经济规律的科学，因涉及农业环境、作物和畜牧生产、农业工程和农业经济等多种科学而具有综合性。林业科学和水产科学有时也包括在广义的农业科学范畴之内。
