Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft

Lange Point 6, Labor 2

85354 Freising

Sampling from the lot (SAM)

• SAM: Manual lot sampling cereals
• SAM: Manual lot sampling flower species
• SAM: Manual lot sampling grasses
• SAM: Manual lot sampling other agricultural crops
• SAM: Manual lot sampling pulses
• SAM: Manual lot sampling small legumes

Purity and identification of other seeds (PUR/OSD)

• PUR/OSD: Cereals
• PUR/OSD: Coated seeds
• PUR/OSD: Flower species
• PUR/OSD: Grasses
• PUR/OSD: Other agricultural crops
• PUR/OSD: Poa pratensis, Poa trivialis and Dactylis glomerata
• PUR/OSD: Pulses
• PUR/OSD: Seed mixture
• PUR/OSD: Small legumes
• PUR/OSD: Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Germination (GER)

• GER: Cereals
• GER: Coated seeds
• GER: Flower species
• GER: Grasses
• GER: Other agricultural crops
• GER: Pulses
• GER: Seed mixture
• GER: Small legumes
• GER: Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Viability (VIA)

• VIA: TTC Cereals
• VIA: TTC Coated seeds
• VIA: TTC Grasses
• VIA: TTC Other agricultural crops
• VIA: TTC Seed mixture
• VIA: TTC Small legumes
• VIA: TTC Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Verification of species and variety (VAR)

• VAR: Diagnostic differences on Fabaceae (Leguminose) and Lolium spp.
• VAR: Fluorescence of root traces on Festuca spp.
• VAR: Fluorescence of root traces on Lolium spp.
• VAR: Presence/absence of alkaloid in Lupinus
• VAR: Ultra-violet light on Hordeum and Avena

Moisture content (MOI)

• MOI: Constant oven method: coarse grinding
• MOI: Constant oven method: fine grinding
• MOI: Constant oven method: no grinding

Thousand-seed weight (TSW)

• TSW: Cereals
• TSW: Coated seeds
• TSW: Flower seeds
• TSW: Grasses
• TSW: Other agricultural crops
• TSW: Pulses
• TSW: Seed mixture
• TSW: Small legumes
• TSW: Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species