Seed counting
Automated Seed Counting
Counting seeds is a task that is required on a regular base when working with seeds and seed batches. A prominent application is the assessment of […]
Seed purity – detecting seed contaminations
Seed purity is an important feature of seed batches – unwanted seeds contaminating crop seeds lead to inhomogeneous harvests, or even endanger the cultivation success. While seeds from other […]
Added value in seed germination testing
Added value in seed germination testing
Rice germination dynamics of five cultivars – LemnaTec SeedAIxpert case study.
When testing germination of crop seeds, the intended use is […]
Five reasons to use digital phenotyping when working with plants and seeds
Five reasons to use digital phenotyping when working with plants and seeds
Remote work: Recent measures to prevent spreading of the Coronavirus kept many researchers away from their labs and […]
Vegetable seed germination assay
Seed quality is of highest importance, and germination is the most prominent key factor in seed quality. Frequently, seeds are placed on moist paper to assess germination, and many seed […]
Petri dish growth assays – documenting and phenotyping
A common practice in laboratory tests, e.g. when studying functions of mutations, is growing seedlings on solid media in petri dishes. Such growth assays serve to compare phenotypic properties of […]
Seed Testing
What is Digital Seed Testing?
Seed Testing
Seeds are outstandingly important – most plants propagate via seeds and for many crops, e.g. cereals and oil seeds, the seeds are the essential […]
Analysing Seeds
Measuring the components of maize seeds
On the surface of maize (Zea mays) seeds, areas of the embryo and the endosperm are visible, and fractions of these […]
