Incoming seed is examined to determine embryo count to help decide how much seed should be sown, and/or which capsule would be the best to sow. Permanent sample slides are also prepared. Each separate package of seed is examined because these are generally from separate capsules, which is what we request from our donors.
TN4439 Number of capsules harvested: 1
Seed Assay Number:
2943
Packet Code Number:
1A02943PP
Harvest date:
04/22/2004
Received as:
Dry seed
Date Received:
05/27/2004
Number of Capsules Combined:
1
Comments:
Packet received was a folded piece of printer paper.
Seed has bits of capsule debris mixed in.
Seed is golden brown to the naked eye, and free flowing and coarse. Moderately small seeds are short-rice shaped, sometimes curved, and have small sized teardrop-shaped brown embryos toward the blunt end which nearly fill the seed. Seeds with bad or no embryos are much smaller.
Seeds that appeared to have
good embryos, by count:
