TY  - GEN
TI  - Organic seed health. An inventory of issues and a report on case studies.
ID  - orgprints39423
A1  - Groot, Steven P.C.
A1  - Klaedtke, Stephanie
A1  - Messmer, Monika
A1  - REY, Frederic
N2  - This report describes the state of the art and research results on the production of heathy organic seeds, as performed in the frame of the LIVESEED project, with support from the European Horizon 2020 program. 
Organic seed health  is  based  on  a  multitude  of  factors  and  cannot  simply  be  managed  through  one-size-fits-all solutions such as curative seed treatments. 
Use of seeds produced under organic conditions can also have benefits, as organic soils may have a richer and more diverse microbiome and part of this microbiome enters the seed during development. Although much more  research  is  needed,  there  are  indications  that  certain  microorganisms  in  this seed microbiome play a role in tolerance of the emerging seedling toward biotic and abiotic stress in the field. 
In the frame of the LIVESEED project, case studies have been performed on some of these issues, with the aim of providing background information and tools to tackle them.
T3  - Liveseed deliverable D2.5
KW  - Liveseed
KW  -  Abacus
KW  -  FiBL20064
AV  - public
Y1  - 2020/11//
UR  - https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/39423/
ER  -