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Re: Seed Viability Test

>I have always wonder how viable my seeds are prior to germination. I was
reading
>a process which is conducted to check the viability of seeds, but I dont have
>the quanity of seeds to conduct such a test. Do you check your viablity of
>your seed prior to germination?
>
>Per Julia Kerley of Unwins Seeds:
> 
>I decided to conduct a rapid biochemical test on a small number of seeds from
>a batch of Alstroemerias ligtu.  Seeds were soaked in a colorless solution
>of the chemical Tetrazolium.  In this test, seeds take up the chemical, which 
>reacts with the processes being carried on within living cells to form a
>noticeable stain.  This makes it possible to distinguish the red-colored
living 
>parts of seeds from the colorless dead ones and so determines the percentage
>of viable seeds.
>
>
>-- 
>Sincerely,  
>
>------------------------------------ FROM: -----------------------------------
>Duncan McAlpine  
>
>


That is mind boggling.  There really is nothing new under the sun.  Where
does one acquire Tetrazolium?  

Millie Brooks>
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