Internal Lab Name Change

Seed Laboratory Update, Iowa State University Seed LaboratoryInternal Lab Name Change

We are updating our internal lab names to Seed Quality Testing and Seed Health Testing. In the past, we have referred to them as Non-Health and Health Labs. See below for what each lab provides:

Seed Quality Labs

  • Germination Lab
    • Germination and Seed Vigor Testing
  • Purity Lab
    • Physical Purity, Noxious Exams, Seed Count, Moisture
  • Trait Lab
    • Trait Presence Testing

Seed Health Labs

  • Health Lab
    • ELISA, Bacterial Plate, Fungal Blotter and Plate Testing, Wash and Soak Testing, Seedling Growouts DNA Lab
    • PCR Testing