Laboratory Testing
ReSo provide a wide range of Laboratory Testing Services to enable farmers to ascertain the viability of seed samples. The following table describes the services available:
| Cereals | |
| Germination Sand Test | Duration @ 7 - 10 days: Seeds are grown under laboratory conditions |
| Germination Vitascope | Duration 1 day: This test is far quicker than sand testing, however if seed has been dried rapidly or at a high temperature or been desecrated prior to harvest, a sand test is recommended. |
| Thousand Grain Weight & Thousand Seed Weight | Duration 1 day |
| Disease Tests in Cereals | Duration @ 8 - 10 days: Loose smut, Fusarium, Bunt, Leaf stripe, Net blotch |
| Oil Seed Rape | |
| Germination Sand Test | Duration @ 7 - 10 days: Weight required 250g. |
| Pulses | |
| Germination Sand Test | Duration @ 7 - 9 days: Weight of seed required 500g. |
| Ascochyta | Duration 14 days: Weight of seed required 500g. |
| Stem Nematode | Duration @ 3 - 5 days: Weight of seed required 500g. |
| Linseed | |
| Germination Sand Test | Duration 14 days: Weight of seed required 500g. |
| Alternaria | Duration 14 days: Alternaria, Botrytis< Phoma, Fusarium & Anthracnose. Weight of seed required 500g. |