Ames, Iowa
June 18, 2009
The Iowa State
University Seed Laboratory will be conducting its annual
Corn and Soybean Seed Quality Workshop August 19 & 20.
It is a great opportunity for gaining hands-on experience with
most tests commonly conducted on corn and soybean seed lots.
Hands-on testing includes:
- warm germination (rolled
towels, Versa-Pak, sand),
- vigor (tray cold,
saturated cold, AA),
- trait/AP (herbicide
bioassay, lateral flow strips),
- other tests (tetrazolium,
fast green - corn, seed soak - soybeans, and more).
The first day concentrates on
corn, the second day on soybeans.
Lecture topics include seed & seedling morphology, Rules,
seedling evaluation, seed health, trait/AP, sampling, and seed
industry organizations. Two seed lots are followed through all
tests each day. Participants will discuss results of the day's
testing plus testing issues from the previous season.
Please call 515-294-6821 for more information or check
www.seeds.iastate.edu
and click on Workshops/Training. |
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