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Read the OSU SEED LAB NEWSLETTER 2019 (vol. 1) which addresses some... Read More
OSU's Global Hemp Innovation center is home to the world's leading experts in hemp research. The largest of its kind in the nation, it... Read More
**Notice**Thursday, June 6th is the deadline to submit samples to the OSU Seed Lab for establishing VFL - to meet the AOSCA VFL... Read More
Effective January 1, 2019 OSU Seed Lab fees will be increasing.
The OSU Seed Lab will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday, 11/22-25/18.
Click here for Sabry Elias' article in the Agricultural Research & Technology Open Access Journal:
The Oregon State University Seed Lab will be closed in observance of Labor Day, Monday September 3rd, 2018.
Click here for the article: USDA Items of Interest in... Read More
Click here for Dave Stimpson's new article in Seed Today:
The OSU Seed Lab will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2017 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Where were you during the Eclipse of 2017?
We have heard estimates of around 1 million visitors in or around Corvallis on the day of the... Read More
Oregon State University and the OSU Seed Lab will be closed in observance of Independence Day on Tuesday July 4th, 2017
VFL deadline for samples to be submitted to the lab for testing is May 30, 2017 if you are submitting an application to AOSCA for... Read More
Congratulations to Sabry Elias for being selected as the 2016 Crop Science Outstanding Associate Editor! Associate Editors are the foundation of... Read More
Click on the link below to read an article written by our Seed Lab Manager David Stimpson. It is an interesting article about opposition in the... Read More
Reminder: For very high-VFL (variety fluorescence level) perennial ryegrass samples, we will not issue reports based on fluorescence because it is... Read More
In order to meet AOSCA's January 7, 2017 deadline, please submit your VFL samples no later than November 7, 2016. Next up: In order to... Read More
We are currently offering thermogradient germination tests at the OSU Seed Lab.
Objectives of the test:
We are currently offering Blackleg testing for Brassica species: canola, kale, turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, etc.
Blackleg testing detects... Read More