LEARNER WORKBOOK EVALUATE SEED TRIALS. A Unit Standard for the Seed Industry. Unit Standard: New Draft NQF Level 4 Credits: 10.

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1 LEARNER WORKBOOK EVALUATE SEED TRIALS A Unit Standard for the Seed Industry Unit Standard: New Draft NQF Level 4 redits: 10 ompiled by: Michael Zingel, Peter Froneman & Bredenkamp Bruwer Learner Name: Learner Number:

2 Table of ontents UNIT 1: UNIT 2: PREPARE FOR EVALUATION OF SEED TRIALS...4 EVALUATE TRIAL...6 UNIT 3: REPORT ON EVALUATION OF SEED TRIALS...10 UNIT 4: OMPLETE EVALUATION OF TRIAL...11 Workbook 2

3 Icons Icon Description Lecture by facilitator Demonstration by facilitator Learner activity Statutory Requirements Practical exercise Written Exercise This workbook was developed by Sparrow Research and Industrial onsultants Tel/fax: Workbook 3

4 UNIT 1: PREPARE FOR EVALUATION OF SEED TRIALS The following exercises are all based on your manual and the training conducted by the facilitator. You can use the manual to help you with the exercises, read up on it on the Internet, visit your local library, discuss it with a Subject Matter Expert or make use of your own embedded knowledge. Just remember, you have to write the answers in your own words to ensure that you understand what it really means. Exercise 1 SO1 A1-3 No Questions Ref no 1.1 List the relevant department and personnel from which to collect the necessary evaluation instructions and program SO1 A1 Department Personnel 1.2 ompile a list of all the equipment needed to prepare for the evaluation of the specific seed trials you are responsible for at the workplace. SO1A2 FO 3 Seed trial name and reference number Equipment list Workbook 4

5 No Questions Ref no Equipment list 1.3 ompile a list of all the possible health and safety hazards that may occur during the evaluation of seed trials. SO2 A3 FO 8 Workbook 5

6 UNIT 2: EVALUATE TRIAL Exercise 2 SO2 A1-5 No Questions Ref no 2.1 ompile a list of all the different seed trials evaluated at the workplace and give a short description of each. Seed trial Description SO2 A1 FO 5 Seed trial Description Seed trial Description Workbook 6

7 No Questions Ref no 2.2 List the procedures followed to perform each of the actions listed below during the evaluation of all the seed trials you are responsible for at the workplace. Identify material SO2 A1 FO 1 & 3 Select material Isolate material Distribute material Workbook 7

8 No Questions Ref no 2.3 Describe each of the following processes/actions performed during the evaluation of seed trials. Repeat this exercise for two seed trials evaluated at the workplace. Harvest material SO2 A2 FO 5 Transport material Preserve material Workbook 8

9 No Questions Ref no Harvest material Transport material Preserve material 2.4 File examples of different visual and written records collected during the evaluation of seed trials as evidence. (Sign and date) SO2 A3 Workbook 9

10 UNIT 3: REPORT ON EVALUATION OF SEED TRIALS Exercise 3 SO3 A1 & 2 No Questions Ref no 3.1 Describe each of the following trial deviations for the different crop types evaluated at the workplace. SO3 A2 FO 1 rop type evaluated Irregular and undesirable growth and development ontamination Pest and pathogen occurrence Environmental factors Workbook 10

11 UNIT 4: OMPLETE EVALUATION OF TRIAL Exercise 4 SO4 A1 & 2 No Questions Ref no 4.1 List the procedures followed in order to restore the work area. SO4 A1 4.2 File all the documentation completed during the evaluation of a seed trail as evidence. SO3 A1 SO4 A2 FO 6 & omplete the trial evaluation templates provided on the following pages for each of the crop types evaluated at the workplace. SO2 A1-3 Workbook 11

12 The following templates must be completed for all the crop types you are responsible for at the workplace. They serve only as a guideline and any other checks or parameters missing within a specific range must be added. Example Activity of organisation Industrial crops Breeding Grade Fibre length Yield (single harvest or successive) Ginning qualities Genetic purity testing Trading omparison with parent Grade Fibre length Yield (single harvest or successive) Adaptation to RSA/area omparison with competition Workbook 12

13 Example Activity of organisation Grain Breeding Time to maturity Standability Grain colour Grain type Yield (single harvest) Seed production Nicking of male & female parents Seed yield Plantability of seed Germination characteristics Genetic purity testing omparison with other lots of same hybrid (Full term) (Few plants) Presence of inbred female as early as possible (Few plants) Trading Time to maturity Standability Grain colour Grain type Yield (single harvest) Workbook 13

14 Grain Trading omparison with competition Adaptation to RSA/area Acceptability to market segments Workbook 14

15 Example Activity of organisation Vegetables Breeding olour Shape Flavour Brix (Sugar content) Shelf-life Yield (successive harvest) Seed production Nicking of male & female inbreds Strength of pollen Plant pruning Seed yield per fruit Total seed yield Germination characteristics Genetic purity testing omparison with other lots of same hybrid (Full term) (Few plants) Presence of inbred female as early as possible (Few plants) Workbook 15

16 Vegetables Trading olour Shape Flavour Brix (Sugar content) Shelf-life Yield (successive harvests) omparison with competition Adaptation to RSA/area Amenability to production methods Acceptability to market segments Workbook 16

17 Example Activity of organisation Pasture and forage Breeding Earliness Lateness Palatability Fibre Total digestible nutrients Yield(Successive harvests) Seed production Vernalisation Timing Shattering Seed yield Genetic purity testing Trading omparison with parent and/or other lots (Many plants) Earliness Lateness Palatability Fibre Total digestible nutrients Yield(Successive harvests) omparison with competition Adaptation to RSA/area Workbook 17

18 Example Activity of organisation Ornamentals Breeding Growth habit olours Doubleness Earliness Flowering period Seed production Timing Shatttering olour ratios in parent seed Genetic purity testing Trading omparison with parent and/or other lots (Many plants) Growth habit olours Doubleness Earliness Flowering period omparison with competition Adaptation to RSA/area Acceptability to market segments Growth habit Workbook 18

19 Example Activity of organisation Turf Breeding Seed production Genetic purity testing Trading Not applicable in South Africa at present Not applicable in South Africa at present Not applicable in South Africa at present olour Fineness Heat-resistance Shade tolerance Wear resistance Thatch Nap Adaptation to RSA/area Acceptability to golfers Acceptability to green keepers omparison with competition Workbook 19

20 FORMATIVE FEEDBAK REPORT Name: Enrolment No: Date: Ref No Assessment SO1 A1 Exercise 1.1 SO1 A2 Exercise 1.2 SO1 A3 Exercise 1.3 SO2 A1 Exercise 2.1 SO2 A1 Exercise 2.2 SO2 A2 Exercise 2.3 SO2 A3 Exercise 2.4 SO3 A2 Exercise 3.1 SO4 A1 Exercise 4.1 SO4 A2 Exercise 4.2 SO2 A1-3 Exercise 4.3 FO 1 Exercise 2.2 & 3.1 FO 3 Exercise 1.2 & 2.2 FO 5 Exercise 2.1 &2.3 FO 6 Exercise 4.2 FO 7 Exercise 4.2 FO 8 Exercise 1.3 The learner has to be proved competent in formative assessment before applying for summative assessment. Workbook 20

21 Facilitator feedback report Name: Enrolment No: Date: omments Learner is not yet competent Learner is competent Further Actions Date: Sign. Learner Name & sign. Facilitator Name & sign. Moderator Reg. No: Reg. No: Workbook 21