Customer-Driven Projects

This customer-driven area focuses on any seed related research in response to specific needs of others including research, extension, and industry customers that are working on seed related projects. The following are some examples that were completed in the past:

Examples of Completed Projects

• The effect of maturity stages on purity and viability of some native species.
• Germination and dormancy studies of native species such as sedges (Carex mertensii).
• Purity and TZ study to identify, quantify, and measure the viability of bird seeds
• The effect of heat treatment on breaking seed dormancy and increase germination of seeds.
• Seed search in soil samples to understand persistence of crop, weed, range seeds, etc.
• Germplasm screening of California brome by ploidy level.
• Ploidy germplasm screening for St. Augustinegrass and other species.
• Effects of various seed coating on germination of some grasses.
• Effect of seed coating on germination and vigor of Bluegrass.
• Ploidy evaluation of Brassica species.
• Effect of seed coating on germination and growth performance of selected grasses.