Determines the percentage of pure seed, inert matter, other crop seed, and weed seed in the sample submitted for analysis. Identification is made of other crop and weed seed found in the sample, and ...

The first seed lab to earn approval in the new USA Accredited Seed Lab (ASL) program is open for business. BioDiagnostics, a leader in genetic purity and standard germination seed testing, is ...

The only Syngenta plant of its kind in the U.S. is preparing for another expansion in Pasco. Syngenta opened its $42 million seed processing facility in Pasco in October 2009. And the company is in ...

A century ago, longleaf pine forests dominated the Southeast, home to diverse wildlife and recreational opportunities. But over the past several decades, this ecosystem has seen a decline to just five ...

A bunch of lab-coated scientists who study plant phylogenetics are having a party this week, and it has nothing to do with Norway. The nation’s seed study and storage vault, located on the Colorado ...

Cryopreservation that uses liquid nitrogen vapor to freeze plant tissue for long-term storage is planned at the University of Idaho Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory. The lab, which UI opened on its ...

Scientists study seed samples at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Seed Regulatory and Testing Division in Gastonia. Federal scientists and botanists are busy protecting the nation's $12 billion ...