(1) The dean shall maintain and operate a properly equipped seed testing laboratory in connection with the agricultural experiment station at Oregon State University and shall make all tests, including germination tests, on regulatory samples agreed upon as necessary by the director and the dean and in accordance with rules and regulations, promulgated after agreement, by the director.
(2) The dean may enter into cooperative arrangements with the United States Department of Agriculture for research work in seed testing and for such portion of the regulatory and general seed testing work as may be mutually agreeable.