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.
TN7001 Number of capsules harvested: 1
Seed Assay Number:
5944
Packet Code Number:
1A05944EE
Harvest date:
04/24/2010
Received as:
Dry seed
Date Received:
05/20/2010
Number of Capsules Combined:
1
Comments:
The material was received in a plastic vial.
Seed appears clean and debris-free.
Seed is light brown to the naked eye, and free flowing. Small seeds are irregularly shaped, sometimes curved, 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: