Seed sowing

Seed sowing is defined as the process of placing the seed in soil to germinate and grow into plant. In comparison, planting is the putting plant propagules in soil for growing plants. Propagules can be seedlings, roots, tubers, leaves, or cuttings. And transplanting is term used for the planting the seedling grown into nursery to different field, pot or plot for different purposes. Seed sowing is a sexual propagation. The Jackfruit (Artocarpusheterophyllus) is a common village tree cultivated throughout Malaysia. Jackfruit can be found in all states in Peninsular Malaysia. The total area under jackffuits in 1976 was about 746.20 hectares. The most common and simplest method of raising jackfruit trees is from seeds, thought other methods are also known in Malaysia. The trees do not generally breed true from seeds, so the practice has led to immense variation in yield, fruit characters and quality. It is a hypogeal germination because the cotyledon were remains below the soil surface. However, there are advantages and disadvantages of this seed sowing.