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.
TN4442 Number of capsules harvested: 1
Seed Assay Number:
2946
Packet Code Number:
1A02946PM
Harvest date:
05/24/2004
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 appears clean and debris-free.
Seed is bright yellow to the naked eye, and somewhat clumpy. Small seeds are short-rice shaped, straight, and have small sized oval pale greenish yellow embryos centrally located which nearly fill the seed. Seeds with bad or no embryos are much smaller.
Seeds that appeared to have
good embryos, by count:
