Automatic Retesting

SGS offers customers an automatic retesting option when ‘apparent’ seed quality issues occur. This retest will provide additional information on the seed lot to facilitate seed quality decisions. Currently, this service is offered on corn, soybeans, sorghum and cotton.

The customers may choose the thresholds that would trigger the auto-retest. For instance, if a customer wants samples to be auto-retested when the warm germination falls between 79% and 94%, the thresholds for a warm germ test would be set at 80<=Germ<=93. Samples falling into this range receive an automatic retest.

Retest threshold ranges can be applied to most germination-based tests and can be easily adjusted depending on the need of customers.

There is no charge for setting up auto-retest thresholds, and once auto-retesting is in place the samples will be retested within 24 hours. Retests are billed to customer accounts with the same rate as the regular tests.