Analysis of current standards for forage seed industry

Forage seeds are not only the backbone of prataculture and animal husbandry. They are crucial for ecological civilization construction and urban landscape greening. China has a large amount of grassland resources and a high utilization of forage seeds, but it has a weak forage seed industry. Standardization is the key to promote the rapid and high-quality development of the forage seed industry and has led to positive progress in China over the past 30 years. Nonetheless, the current standard system is still in chaos, lacking systematic classification and integration. Here, in order to further strengthen and perfect our standard system and promote the high-quality development of the forage seed industry, the current standards related to the forage seed industry were collected and sifted as many as possible, and then were sorted into five categories including germplasm, production and processing, quality inspection, packaging, storage and transportation, and sowing. We organized the current standards; summarized the standards that may need to be updated; and identified standards that need to be developed. Our results will serve and provide convenience to standard makers and users, and provide references for the improvement of the standard system of the forage seed industry.