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.
TN6503 Number of capsules harvested: 1
Seed Assay Number:
5326
Packet Code Number:
1A05326BY
Harvest date:
05/21/2008
Received as:
Dry seed
Date Received:
08/25/2008
Number of Capsules Combined:
1
Comments:
Packet received was a folded piece of printer paper.
Seed has dark debris mixed in.
Seed is bright yellow to the naked eye, and free flowing. Moderately small seeds are long, straight, and have moderately small sized elongated 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:
