Tomatoes

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  X-ray image: X-ray magnification of tomato seeds

  Information:
The germination capacity of seed is of high commercial relevance to the agricultural industry. The digital x-ray inspection gives important information and enables a detailed quality analysis of the seeds.

  Possibilities of inspection:
empty seeds, bad seed morphology, damaged or destroyed seeds

Sugar beets

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  X-ray image: X-ray magnification of sugar beet seeds

  Information:
The condition for a reliable seed quality observation is a superior x-ray image quality. Due to the small size of the seeds, a high spatial resolution is required. Further on, the seeds are very thin and have a a low x-ray absorption, which requires a high dynamic range. All these requirements can be fulfilled by NTB's digital x-ray camera systems.

  Possibilities of inspection:
empty seeds, bad seed morphology, damaged or destroyed seeds