Transcription of Seed Testing Standards Manual - Alberta
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Alberta seed Testing Standards 21/12/2016 Contents Introduction .. 1 seed Testing Facilities Approval Process .. 1 Reporting Results .. 1 seed Sampling .. 2 seed Moisture .. 4 Moisture Content .. 4 Equilibrium Relative Humidity .. 5 Purity Analysis .. 7 Thousand seed Weight (TSW) .. 8 Germination 9 Equipment Calibration .. 15 Literature Cited .. 16 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Minimum weights for submitted samples and working samples for purity analysis by most common tree species.. 3 Table 2: Acceptable reduced sample sizes for moisture content Testing on very small seedlots.. 4 Table 3: Germination Testing prescriptions.. 12 Table 4: Maximum range of tolerance between four replicates of 100 seeds in one germination test.
Seed testing standards are based on scientific evidence and provide set procedures for facilities to ... Glass vials, rubber sealed glass jars or heat sealed foil bags are recommended as con tainers that are most often hermetically sealed at room temperatures, with the heat sealed foil bags being the most reliable and cost ...
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