Common use of Sample Collection Clause in Contracts

Sample Collection. 1. Harvest fully senesced plants according to your region’s harvest time. 2. Harvest 5 randomly selected individual plants from each variety at each test site (if multiple reps, more samples are fine). Combine these plants into one sample. The target amount for each sample is minimum 20 g dry weight. 3. For very large plants, a sub-sample can be collected if care is taken to obtain a representative sub sample of the entire plant. 4. Freshly cut biomass samples should be placed in some sort of breathable bag or sack. e.g. Xxxxx paper, mesh, muslin or burlap. 5. Each bag should be labeled with a Sample ID — a unique sample identifier, written ON THE BAG (labels/tag, etc can fall off). For perennial species, record any information about the sample collection process that will be needed if we wish to return to the same plants in subsequent years. 6. Sample bags with cut biomass should bee sealed to prevent spilling — e.g. stapled , sewn, tied.