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.
TN5704 Number of capsules harvested: 1
Seed Assay Number:
4385
Packet Code Number:
1A04385MD
Harvest date:
03/31/2006
Received as:
Dry capsule
Date Received:
08/24/2006
Number of Capsules Combined:
1
Comments:
Packet received was a folded piece of printer paper.
Capsule appears clean and intact.
Seed is golden to the naked eye, and fluffy. Tiny seeds are short-rice shaped, sometimes curved, and have tiny sized American football-shaped brown embryos centrally located which nearly fill the seed when present. Seeds with bad or no embryos are much smaller.
Seeds that appeared to have
good embryos, by count:
71%
Estimated percent good, by volume:
85%
Photographed with transmitted light.
Scale1 mm or 0.040 inches Photo by Arielle Franklin
Photographed with reflected light.
Scale1 mm or 0.040 inches Photo by Arielle Franklin
