Laboratorio Central de Análisis de Semillas

Av. Belgrano 450

C1092AAR Buenos Aires

Sampling from the lot (SAM)

• SAM: Manual lot sampling grasses
• SAM: Manual lot sampling cereals
• SAM: Manual lot sampling small legumes
• SAM: Manual lot sampling pulses
• SAM: Manual lot sampling other agricultural crops
• SAM: Manual lot sampling vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species
• SAM: Manual lot sampling of coated seeds
• SAM: Automatic lot sampling cereals
• SAM: Automatic lot sampling other agricultural crops

Purity and identification of other seeds (PUR/OSD)

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

Germination (GER)

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

Viability (VIA)

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

Moisture content (MOI)

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

Thousand-seed weight (TSW) (TSW)

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

Testing for genetically modified organisms (GMO)

• GMO: Glycine max / PCR
• GMO: Glycine max / Rt-PCR
• GMO: Zea mays / Rt-PCR
• GMO: Zea mays / Lateral flow strip
• GMO: Zea mays / PCR