L-03 · Accredited laboratory
Laboratory for Testing the Quality of Crop Seeds
In line with quality standards and policies, the laboratory is accredited by the Institute for Accreditation of the Republic of North Macedonia to the MKS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 standard.
- Institute
- Institute of Plant Protection and Agricultural Engineering
- Field
- Seed and crop production
The laboratory tests and evaluates the following seed quality traits:
Analyses
Seed quality properties
- seed purity
- presence of other seed species
- seed germination
- seed moisture content
- mass of 1,000 seeds (absolute seed mass)
Seed and planting material of field, vegetable, forage and industrial plants
- Testing: purity, germination, moisture, 1,000-grain mass, hectolitre mass, health status
Crops of field, vegetable, forage and industrial plants, vineyards and orchards
- Testing: biological evaluation of efficacy
Photographs
Activities
- Scientific projects in general field crop production and herbology (weed control)
- Analyses for companies trading in seed and pesticides
- Analyses for producers of seed and planting material
Equipment
- Grain moisture meter
- “Kotterman” climate chamber
- INSTRUMENTARIA drying oven
- “Mettler P1200” balance
- Diaphanoscope
- Farinotomes
- MEOPTA 107336 stereo microscope
- “Eleitz Wetzlar” binoculars
- Paul Polikeit seed sorter (manual and electric)
- Seed counter