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National Seed Laboratory
5675 Riggins Mill Rd
Dry Branch, GA 31020

(478) 751-3551

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Seed Testing


Seed Test Request Sheet

Dickey John Tri-Grain Chart 

Dole Chart 

Dole Instructions 

 

Pricing Guide

Effective September 1, 2004

For your convenience, test are priced separately so you may choose any combination of tests.

Germination (including scored x-ray) $25.00
Additional germinations on same sample $18.00
Purity $13.00
Special Purity (high level of impurities) $20.00
Seeds per Pound $9.00
Moisture Content $7.00
Scored X-ray $12.00
Unscored X-ray $8.00
Tetrazolium $50.00
Excised Embryo $50.00
ISTA Certificates $4.00
Hourly rate for special projects or tests $40.00

Full test includes:                                                                    One germination (with or without stratification)                  Scored x-ray  (no charge)                                                         Seeds Per Pound                                                                   Purity                                                                             Moisture Content

$54.00
Please contact us for additional services.

If you will be sending in large numbers of samples for testing, please send the samples throughout the seed processing season. Do not wait or save all of your seedlots until you have finished extracting all of the seeds. When testing seed from storage, please submit these samples as early as you can. In addition, remember that seeds generally require at least a month to germinate following stratification.

By considering these points and planning your seed needs for the upcoming year as soon as possible, you will help us avoid any delays that could occur in starting your tests and will enable us to get the test results to you as quickly as we can.

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 Last Modified: February 2005