germinatorHaving operated continuously since its foundation in 1909 as an Official Laboratory in a state that produces a broad range of species, the OSU Seed Lab has become a one-stop seed testing Lab for a rich diversity of species and tests for Certified, Non-Certified, and ISTA customers. We use cutting-edge equipment and methods for every test. Most of our samples are from within Oregon, but we receive many samples from other states and overseas.

Available Seed Testing with AOSA Rules (AOSA/EC, ISTA or Canada M&P upon request)
Purity Purity & Noxious Weed
  Undesirable Grass Seed
  Oregon Sod Quality
  Crop and Weed
  Soil
  Pest and Disease
  Orbanche
  Ergot
  Customized Noxious Weed
  Super purity searches
  Soil seed bank
  Weights and seed counts
  Seed images
Viability Germination
  Fluorescence
  Tetrazolium
Vigor Cold
  Accelerated aging
  Conductivity
  Speed of germination
Genetic Traits and Varietal Identification Ploidy by cytometry
  Phenol test
  Clearfield wheat bioassay
  Ammonia fluorescence
  Fluorescence grow-out
  Varietal fluorescence level (VFL)
  Grow-out of other species
  Sodium hydroxide test for wheat (NaOH)
Pathology tests Blackleg
  Endophyte
  Mosaic virus
Other tests Moisture content
  Oil and protein
  Mechanical damage
  Thermogradient germination
  Customize testing based on your situation and seed
  Research and development

Click here to learn how to submit your Non-certified/commercial or ISTA Blue samples.

Click here for ISTA Orange lot testing information.

Click here for Oregon Seed Certified customers.