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🌱 Seed Science Center | ISU 🌱
Leader in seed research & innovation
One of the largest seed testing labs
Advancing science for global seed trade
The Seed Science Center is a center of excellence nationally and internationally in seed research, education, technology transfer, and international seed programs. It provides a focus for teaching, research, and extension programs on seed in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and it is a global leader in introducing science into policy to benefit world seed trade.
🌱 Seed Science Center | ISU 🌱
Leader in seed research & innovation
One of the largest seed testing labs
Advancing science for global seed trade
When the squirrel analogy actually makes shelling corn make sense 🐿️🌽😂
Seed science… but using squirrel logic.
Behind the scenes: The dogs of the Seed Science Center have called a staff meeting. 🐾
Agenda:
Inspect every lunch.
Identify who said “walk.”
Determine why the humans keep talking about seed when there are perfectly good sticks outside.
Their presentation is set to “Atomic Dog,” because of course it is.
Happy National Dog Week from the SSC’s most enthusiastic unofficial employees! 🐶🌱
Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Little behind the scenes in the Seed Science Center today! Hosting agronomy students to learn about what all goes into germination testing!! Iowa State College of LAS ISU Agronomy
POV: we infected tomato seeds on purpose… 🧫🍅
What happens next? 👀
We’re testing how bacterial pathogens move into seed and how well seed health labs can detect them.
Science is messy. That’s what makes it interesting. 🔬🌱
Agricultural education is a pretty big field—pun absolutely intended. 🌽😄
It includes science, technology, business, communication, leadership, research, teaching and countless careers that help move agriculture forward. At the Iowa State University Seed Science Center, we are proud to educate students, industry professionals and future agricultural leaders from Iowa and around the world.
Happy National Ag Education Day to the teachers, mentors, researchers and learners who keep planting knowledge and growing possibilities! 🌱
Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
🌱 Part 2: Taking the classroom to the Seed Science Center!
Agronomy students got a closer look at the science behind seed quality, testing, and technology while learning how the concepts from class translate to real world applications.
There’s a lot more to a seed than meets the eye 👀🌾
AgEducation
09/16/2026
🌱 One of our favorite Seed Pathology Ph.d students is at it again!
Research, connections, and plenty of soybean science!
Mayowa Aderoju represented Iowa State University as a table monitor during the Iowa Soybean Research Center’s Soybean Research Forum and presented a research poster during the graduate student poster session.
The events brought together more than 70 farmers, industry representatives, faculty researchers and graduate students to exchange ideas and explore the latest developments in soybean research.
Way to grow, Mayowa! 🌱👏 Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ISU Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology The American Phytopathological Society Iowa Soybean Association
Did you know the Seed Science Center hosts agronomy classes? 🌪️❤️⭐️🌱
“Nothing green for miles. Everything was just…stripped by the wind.” 🇯🇲💔
Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica’s farms—destroying 32,400 hectares of domestic crops and causing J$29.5 billion in agricultural losses.
But this story doesn’t end with destruction. It begins again with a seed. 🌱
🎧 Hear the remarkable story of destruction, determination and hope in the newest episode of the GermiNation podcast—where every great story starts with a seed.
Watch. Listen. Share. Help this story travel farther.
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2115 Osborn Drive, 196 Seed Science Building
Ames, IA
50011
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