Improvement of Seed Quality: A Biotechnological Approach 26 Indrani Baruah and Geetanjali Baruah Abstract Agriculture is the key to a stable civilization, and it applies to the whole world. The most important factor for stable agricultural productivity is the delivery of healthy and shockproof seeds. Seeds are encapsulated form of gene pools as well as an integral part of the basis for plant life on earth. As there is a vivid change in the environmental conditions and change in farming procedures, the seeds also need to be competent enough to be able to withstand the harsh alterations in the environment and perform well with better production level. Therefore, there is an urgent need for reviewing the measures taken to uplift the production level by enhancing the seed quality and productivity. In this chapter, we have taken into consideration the role of application of different tools of agricultural biotechnol- ogy in augmentation of seed quality and prospects in the agricultural scenario. Keywords Seed quality · Agricultural biotechnology · Priming · Artificial seeds · High vigour I. Baruah Biotechnology Group, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam, India Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Jorhat, Assam, India G. Baruah (*) Environment division, Assam Science Technology & Environment Council, Guwahati, Assam, India # Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 A. K. Tiwari (ed.), Advances in Seed Production and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4198-8_26 539