{"id":6245,"date":"2025-12-05T09:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/about-the-institute\/infrastructure\/seed-quality-control-laboratory\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:37:07","slug":"seed-quality-control-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/about-the-institute\/infrastructure\/seed-quality-control-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Seed Quality Control Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Seed Quality Control Laboratory, we perform quality analyses of <strong>seeds of agricultural plants, forest plants and flowers<\/strong>.<br\/><br\/>All analyses are carried out according to the methods of the <strong>International Seed Testing Association (<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seedtest.org\/\"><strong>ISTA<\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong>, of which we have been a member since 1956.<br\/><br\/>Since 2005, we have been the <strong>only laboratory in Slovenia with international ISTA accreditation<\/strong> \u2014 the accreditation standard for laboratories that sample and test seed. We are authorised by the <strong>Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food<\/strong> to sample and perform seed quality analyses for all plant species listed by ISTA.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We perform seed quality analyses for the needs of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>domestic production<\/strong> by Slovenian seed companies,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>international trade<\/strong> within and outside the EU,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <strong>inspection service<\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.si\/en\/state-authorities\/bodies-within-ministries\/administration-for-food-safety-veterinary-sector-and-plant-protection\/\">Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Food Safety, Veterinary Sector and Plant Protection<\/a>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>any natural or legal person. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Areas of work<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Accredited services:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>sampling of seed lots, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>moisture content, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>purity testing, including the proportion of pure seed, seeds of other plant species and inert matter,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>germination testing, including the proportion of normal seedlings, abnormal seedlings and non-germinated seeds, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>determination of seeds of other plant species in the submitted sample,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>thousand-seed weight,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tetrazolium test, a rapid biochemical test for determining seed viability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-541a6b20\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other expert services:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>seed calibration using sieves, including fraction determination, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cold test, a stress test for maize seed under low temperature and high humidity conditions, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>verification of the varietal authenticity and purity of seed material through sample preparation,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>physical quality analyses of feed samples and samples for the milling industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Seed Quality Control Laboratory, we perform quality analyses of seeds of agricultural plants, forest plants and &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Seed Quality Control Laboratory\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/about-the-institute\/infrastructure\/seed-quality-control-laboratory\/#more-6245\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seed Quality Control Laboratory\">Ve\u010d &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":5463,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6245","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6246,"href":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6245\/revisions\/6246"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kis.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}