Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch
| Membership Code |
USDL0100
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| Organisation |
Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch
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| Department |
AMS, USDA
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| Address |
801 Summit Crossing Place, Suite C
28054 Gastonia, NC
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| Country |
United States of America
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| Phone |
17048108877
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| FAX |
17048524189
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| E-Mail |
Ernest.Allen@ams.usda.gov
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| Web |
www.www.ams.usda.gov
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Current Scope of Accreditation:
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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
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
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
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
Moisture content (MOI)
- MOI: Constant oven method: fine grinding
- MOI: Constant oven method: no grinding
- MOI: Constant oven method: coarse grinding
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
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