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Miller McDonald
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA 43210-1086
This set of four DVDs is a comprehensive review of the most common techniques used by seed analysts to assess seed quality. Text, figures, animations, and videos are used to effectively explain each testing procedure, which makes this collection valuable and unique materials for training and education of seed analysts as well as others interested in the techniques of seed testing.
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- Introduction, by Miller McDonald
Principles of Seed Testing - Volume I: Importance of Seed Testing
- Importance of Seed
Testing
(15 min)
- Seed Identification (26 min)
- Seed Sampling (13 min)
- Seed Moisture Testing (29 min)
- Seed Testing Tolerances (15 min)
- Seed Pathology (30 min)
Principles of Seed Testing - Volume II: Seed Quality Testing
- Physical Purity (42 min)
- Germination (88 min)
- Seed Vigor (11 min)
Principles of Seed Testing - Volume III: Tetrazolium Testing
- Tetrazolium
(95 min)
Principles of Seed Testing - Volume IV: Genetic Purity Testing
- Traditional Genetic Purity ( 9 min)
- Herbicide Trait Testing (10 min)
- Electrophoresis (28 min)
- Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) (14 min)
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (18 min)
