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.
TN6829 Number of capsules harvested: 1
Seed Assay Number:
5742
Packet Code Number:
1A05742LY
Received as:
Dry seed
Date Received:
10/05/2009
Number of Capsules Combined:
1
Comments:
Packet received was tissue-like paper.
Seed appears clean and debris-free.
Seed is bright yellow to the naked eye, and free flowing. Moderately small seeds are irregularly shaped, sometimes curved, and have moderately small sized elongated pale green 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:
