Multiple seed unit

by | May 22, 2020

  • Multiple seed unit. Spikelet or part of spikelet with more than one floret, with or without glumes. ISTA Handbook on Pure Seed Definitions, Glossary. 3rd Edition 2010
  • Multiple unit. Is a seed unit that includes one or more structures as follows:
    (1) An attached sterile or fertile floret that extends to or beyond the tip of a fertile floret; (2) A fertile floret with basally attached glume, glumes, or basally attached sterile floret of any length; (3) A fertile floret with two or more attached sterile and/or fertile florets of any length. Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) Rules for Seed Testing, Volume 1, 2019