All of us at 20/20 Seed Labs are particularly excited about the 2022 season because it’s the first season where our new...
Why Our New Greenhouse Creates New Possibilities in Seed Testing
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Why Farmers and Industry Stand to Gain from Modernizing our Regulatory System
Canada has a robust seed scheme. On the world stage it has reputation for developing new varieties, delivering top-quality...
PCR Technology Benefits You in Many Ways, Not Just in COVID Testing
You’ve likely heard of PCR testing, as those three letters have been used a lot in the media in recent months with regard...
Seed Quality is Good, but Availability is Another Story
During harvest 2021, many of us were worried about seed quality. Make no mistake, the Prairie drought did affect seed in...
Less Seed-borne Disease This Year, But Fusarium Is Still a Threat
This fall we are seeing less seed-borne disease in samples received by 20/20 Seed Labs in Nisku, Alta. Since August 2021,...
A Brief Guide to Seed Sampling
Fact: the most important part of seed testing happens before the seed is tested. Every seed test begins with a seed sample,...
New Tests for Soybean Cyst Nematode are Crucial to Fighting This Pathogen
My R&D team at 20/20 Seed Labs Inc. has been working on and off for the past eight years to develop a usable, working DNA-based test for soybean cyst nematode (SCN).
Seed Testing Critical to Ensuring Good Cereal Seed Performance in 2022
We’ve seen two phenomena play out in 2021 as far as weather goes: inadequate precipitation causing drought and extended...
Research is Further Proving the Effectiveness of the Spornado
A couple of months ago I wrote about the Spornado, a passive spore catcher first successfully deployed by potato growers in Ontario to detect late blight spores.