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Activity Report
1. Preparation of Rules change proposals - Some Rules Change Proposals were discussed and proposed this year, main items are a new trier and definitions.
2. Completion of the revision of the ISTA Handbook on Seed Sampling - The established working group (M. Kruse (Chair), H. Blomqvist-Ljung, D. Vittrup-Petersen and G. Hall) had a meeting in Denmark in August 2003, and circulated the draft to the whole Committee and others. Comments have to be included into the draft during the final review before printing.
3. Set up a validation system for sampling equipment and sampling methods - No activity
4. Validation of a new type of trier for sampling bags - The French colleagues organised a validation study and prepared a Rules proposal that was submitted to the Rules Committee.
5. ISTA/FIS Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size - The experiment terminated in June 2003. A summary and a conclusion of the results obtained in the whole experiment was written, circulated in the Committee and is presently under discussion. The outcome and the future of the experiment will be discussed during the 2004 Congress.
6. Collaboration with the GMO Task Force - No activity
7. Organising training courses - No activity
Future Aims
The ISTA Handbook on Seed Sampling shall be published.
Training courses shall be organised and held.
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ISTA Seed Mixture Experiment
ISTA is initiating an experiment to collect information that may be used to determine the reliability of seed mixture test results and establish tolerances.
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ISTA Annual Meeting 2009 in Switzerland
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29th ISTA Congress 2010
1st Call for Papers for the Seed Symposium of the ISTA Congress 2010 in Cologne, Germany
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Universal List of Species
ISTA has published a list of 130 plant species that accredited laboratories may wish to include in their seed collections
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SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL
(ISTA News Bulletin) No. 136 October 2008 for download
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Accreditation Documents for the Testing of Specified Traits
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ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size
The ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size
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ISTA signs Memorandum of Understanding with FAO
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