Seed Testing & Quality Control Setup

Quality Testing

Establish Quality Control Laboratories

A certified quality control laboratory prevents internal batch failures and ensures regulatory compliance with the Seeds Act 1966. We provide turnkey layouts, standard operating procedures, and calibration guidelines.

Key Setup Work

  • Lab Layout Design: Designing environmental zoning (maintaining separate areas for seed grinding, purity analysis, and incubation).
  • Equipment Selection: Specifying seed germinators, hot-air moisture testing ovens, seed dividers, and analytical scales.
  • SOP & Record Maintenance: Writing standardized operating procedures for sampling, registering samples, and issuing analysis certificates.
  • Quality Certification Readiness: Setting up quality frameworks aligned with ISO 9001, NABL (ISO 17025), and ISTA standards, subject to rules.

Grow-Out Test (GOT) Setup

Apart from physical and physiological parameters, validating genetic purity is crucial. We assist in designing and laying out your field grow-out test plots, helping you compile dockets for inspector verification.

Setup Seed Lab

Connect with our laboratory consultants to set up or audit your QC facilities.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Expert answers to common seed testing and laboratory compliance queries.

What parameters are tested in a seed testing laboratory?
A quality control seed lab tests four primary parameters: germination percentage (viability), physical purity (weed/trash levels), moisture content (for storage safety), and genetic purity (off-type occurrence via GOT).
What equipment is required to set up a seed lab?
Core equipment includes germination chambers (seed incubators), seed purity analysis tables, magnifying illuminators, hot air ovens, moisture meters, analytical weighing scales, and seed dividers.