Seed Laboratory

Physiology Laboratory

OUR SERVICES
✔ Germination Test or Germination Power **
Percentage of seeds that germinate and develop normal seedlings under optimal conditions for their growth. For this, controlled chambers and growth media appropriate to the species are used. The following is the approximate duration of the germination test by species:

✔ Physical Purity **
The following fractions are determined in a sample:% Pure Seed,% Inert Matter and% Seeds of other species (weeds or other cultivated species).

✔ Determination of Other Species
It allows to identify all the weeds or other cultivated species in the seed sample.

✔ Physical appearance
Visual evaluation of anomalies and defects found in a seed lot. Defects that the Physical Purity analysis does not contemplate are visualized, but they are significant in the evaluation and perception of the client, such as deformed, discolored, pre-germinated seeds, with mechanical damage, etc. The type of damage in the seed sample is reported in%.

✔ Stove humidity
It allows to know the humidity of the seed which is of importance in the harvest, commercialization and subsequent storage period.

✔ Quick moisture determination
It is done on a computer which is fast and accurate. They do not destroy the sample they analyze. Available for Corn, Marigold and Soy.

✔ Seed count
The weight of a thousand seeds is quantified and by default that of seeds per kilogram, a very important fact when calculating the sowing density.

✔ Mechanical damage (Soy)
With Hypochlorite Solution, No Visible damage is detected that may affect the production of normal seedlings.

✔ Cold Test or Cold Vigor (Corn)
The seed is exposed to conditions of low temperatures and substrate with part of corn soil, being useful in those cases in which the sowing date can coincide with periods of rain and low temperature.

**Germination and Physical Purity are analyzes authorized by the SAG (Agricultural and Livestock Service) which are mandatory for commercialization in the national market.