Testing your seed for disease is extremely important. Seed borne diseases can cause costly crop losses.

Ascochyta
A test that determines the amount of seed borne ascochyta that is present in the seed. Ascochyta can be responsible for severe crop losses in pulse crops.

Anthracnose
A test that determines the amount of seed borne anthracnose that is present in the seed. Anthracnose can be responsible for severe crop losses in pulse crops.

Botrytis
A test that determines the amount of seed borne botrytis that is present in the seed. Botrytis can be responsible for sever crop losses in pulse crops.

Blackleg
A test that determines the amount of seed borne blackleg that is present in the seed. This disease is responsible for severe crop losses due to premature ripening.

Alternaria
A test that determines the amount of seed borne alternaria that is present in seed. Alternaria can be responsible for germination loss, as well as severe losses later on in the season.

Fusarium
An agar plate test to determine the amount of fusarium that is present in the seed sample. Fusarium is a fungal disease of cereals, it often infects wheat but can infect other cereal crops and forage grasses.

Smut
A test to determine the amount of true loose smut that is present in the embryo of the seed, reported on a percentage basis.

Useful Links
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://aceis.agr.ca/

Limagrain Canada Seeds Inc.
http://www.limagrain.ca/

Philom Bios Inc.
http://www.inoculants.com/

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Association
http://www.saskpulse.com/

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Discovery Seed Labs Ltd.
450 Melville Street
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7J 4M2

Phone:(306)249-4484
Fax:(306)249-4434