Mechanical Purity Test
~2,500 seeds, according to weights provided in a table in Volume 1 of the AOSA Rules for Testing Seeds, are examined to determine the percentages of Pure Seed, Weed Seed, Other Crop Seed and Inert Matter. This is labeling information.
Mechanical Purity Test
Test Details
Seed samples are mixed and reduced by use of a mechanical divider or other methods to insure that the sample is properly sampled in the seed lab as well as by the seed company or other producer at the source of the seed lot.
Warm Standard Germination
Sample Requirements
2,500 seeds needed for test.