Mission Statement
A fund for the research and standardization of applied seed testing methods Established 2002. The Mission of STRF is to support applied research in seed testing, to promote standardization in laboratory seed testing, and to increase the benefits of seed analysis to the seed industry.
Tim Gutormson, Chair
SoDak Labs, Inc.
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Miranda Klemann, Vice Chair
Applewood Seed Company
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Dr. Riad Baalbaki
California Dept of Food and Agriculture
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Dr. Eunsoo Choe
American Takii
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Randy Crowl
Colorado State University
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Andrae McMillian
Alabama State Seed Lab
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Scottie Pouliot
Purdue University
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Cindy Finneseth,
University of Kentucky
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Dr. Riad Baalbaki
California Dept. of Food and Agriculture
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| Investigator, Affiliation | Project Title | Category | Award |
| Sabry Elias, Oregon State University | Germination Studies in Hemp | Standard | $3,000 |
| Greg Welbaum, Virginia Tech | Seed Testing Recommendations for Thermogradient & LabFieldTM Tables | Small Scale | $1,000 |
| Lauren Shearer, SoDak Labs | Effects of media substrata on Triticum spp. seed germination Abstract of Results (poster presentation at 2022 AOSA/SCST Annual Meeting) | Small Scale | $1,000 |
| Lauren Shearer, SoDak Labs | Effects of temperature on Helianthus annuus Seed Germination on different media substrata Abstract of Results (poster presentation at 2022 AOSA/SCST Annual Meeting) | Small Scale | $1,000 |
| Lauren Shearer, SoDak Labs | Effects of dormancy breaking methods on Sesamum indicum seed germination for freshly harvested seed Abstract of Results (poster presentation at 2022 AOSA/SCST Annual Meeting) | Small Scale | $1,000 |
| Lauren Shearer, SoDak Labs | Effect of a precondition on accelerated aging and bulk electrical conductivity on Phaseolus vulgaris spp. Abstract of Results (poster presentation at 2022 AOSA/SCST Annual Meeting) | Small Scale | $1,000 |
| Investigator, Affiliation | Project Title | Category | Award |
| Lauren Shearer, SoDak Labs | Impact of particle size of ground corn samples on the detection of the presence of 35S and TNOS sequences | Small Scale | $1,000 |
| Miranda Smidt, SoDak Labs | Dormancy Breaking Methods on Freshly Harvested Hybrid Oil Seed Sunflowers | Small Scale | $2,000 |
| Sabry Elias, Oregon State University | Development of a Quantitative Test to Distinguish between Annual and Perennial Ryegrass | Standard | $10,000 |
| Miranda Smidt, SoDak Labs | Improving Cotton Cool Test Result Consistency within and Among Laboratories Final Report | Standard | $6,000 |
| Investigator, Affiliation | Project Title | Category | Award |
| Dr. Sabry Elias (Oregon State University) | Development of Tolerance Tables for Native Species | Standard | $5,000 |
| Dr. Sabry Elias and Yeaching Wu (Oregon State University) | The Use of Thermogradient Table in Screening Cover Crops for Cold and Heat Tolerance | Standard | $7,000 |
| Investigator, Affiliation | Project Title | Category | Award |
| Dr. Riad Baalbaki (California Department of Food & Agriculture) | Effect of 7-day oat (Avena sativa) germination test period on final test results | Small-scale | $1,000 |
| MacKenzie Mattern (SoDak Labs) | Development of PA-IEF Method for Cultivar Confirmation of Agropyron spp., Pseudoroegneria spp., Thinopyrum spp., Pascopyrum spp., and Elymus spp. | Standard | $10,000 |
| Ensoo Choe (Illinois Crop Improvement) | Understanding of soybean germination recovery from embryonic axis damage | Small-scale | $1,000 |
| Investigator, Affiliation | Project Title | Category | Award |
| Eunsoo Choe, American Takii | Evaluating germination variation across laboratories and field performance of mechanically damaged soybeans | Small-scale | $1000 |
| Riad Baalbaki, CDFA | Effect of 7-day oat (Avena sativa) germination test period on final test results | Small-scale | $1000 |
| Sabry Elias and Yeaching Wu, OSU | Development of Laboratory and Greenhouse Glyphosate Bioassay Tests for Annual Ryegrass | Standard | $10,000 |
| Kathy Mathiason, SDSU | Using HPLC for variety verification of wheatgrasses | Standard | $8,650 |
