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.
TN6983 Number of capsules harvested: 1
Seed Assay Number:
5926
Packet Code Number:
1A05926EW
Harvest date:
04/15/2010
Received as:
Dry seed
Date Received:
04/20/2010
Number of Capsules Combined:
1
Comments:
Packet received was a folded piece of printer paper.
Seed appears clean and debris-free.
Seed is light yellow to the naked eye, and free flowing. Moderately small seeds are short-rice shaped, sometimes curved, and have moderately small sized oval brownish-yellow embryos centrally located which nearly fill the seed.
Seeds that appeared to have
good embryos, by count:
