About us

Cal-SPL was founded by Dr. Parm Randhawa in 1992 to perform seed health testing for the vegetable seed industry. The company was incorporated in 1998 and its services expanded to include seed germination, seed purity, disease diagnosis, resistance screening, hybrid purity, variety fingerprinting and non-GMO testing. Now the laboratory has a staff of 10 people that includes 2 Ph.D and 4 MS scientists and features 4000 square feet lab space and 10,000 square feet greenhouse. Cal-SPL is accredited by National Seed Health System (NSHS) and California Crop Improvement Association (CCIA) for certain seed health tests. The lab is also approved by California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to receive samples of quarantine nature