种子活力概念的提出及其研究,还只有二十多年的历史。二十多年来,国外已进行了大量的工作,国内近年也开始了这项研究。但就整个种子活力问题来说,从理论到应用,研究得都还是很不够的。如目前对“活力”的定义尚未有统一的认识,没有一个定义能被普遍接受:在实际应用中也缺少标准化的检验方法。然而,在生产实践中,种子质量的好坏对生产者的经济效益产生严重的影响。而活力的高低是最能反映种子质量的 The concept of seed vigor and its research, but also only twenty years of history. For more than two decades, a great deal of work has been done abroad and the study has also started in China in recent years. However, in terms of the entire seed vitality, research has not been enough from theory to application. As there is no unified understanding of the definition of “vitality” at present, no one definition can be universally accepted: there is also a lack of standardized test methods in practical applications. However, in the production practice, the quality of the seed has a serious impact on the economic benefits of the producer. The level of vitality is the best to reflect the quality of seeds