“The percentage of pure seeds in a seed lot that have the ability to germinate. The percentage of PLS is determined by multiplying percent germination by percent pure seed and dividing by 100.”
References
Copeland, L.O., McDonald, M.B., 1999. Principles of Seed Science and Technology. Springer US, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1783-2