Abstract :
Measuring seed quality is important in the selection of seed lots for conditioning and in the quality control
program of a seed industry. It is necessary to test the seed for giving good yield to the farmers as well to preserve
with good quality for long term at the seed industry. The condition and management of bulk cottonseed in storage
have a market effect on seed quality. Instead of bulk seed, the quality test for single cotton seed is also a need and to
be a high priority. Comparing the conventional methods to test the quality of the individual seed is replacing by
Near Infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) instrumentation by addressing the seeds’ internal chemical
compounds like protein and oil etc. A data set of 30 seed samples spectra were captured using XDS Optiprobe
Analyzer, FOSS NIR spectrometer and analyzed the data set using PLS Tool box in Matlab environment and
Unscrambler software to identify the wavelength band corresponding to the seed protein and oil in the range between
1100nm to 2499 nm. Also, this paper reports the roll of protein and oil in testing of single seed to ensure its quality.
Keyword :
Seed protein, Seed oil, NIR spectrometer, Matlab, PLS Tool box, Unscrambler.