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Activity Report
1. Workshop
From September 30th till October 1st, 2003, a two-days workshop Variety testing 'Way to the future' was organised at the headquarters of ISTA at Bassersdorf. The workshop was attended by 20 participants, mostly from Europe, which represented Seed Testing Laboratories as well as seed companies. Eight participants presented lectures. The topics of those included several reports on current methods for variety testing, but also the UPOV system for variety protection was explained. Many lively discussions took place.
During this workshop we also had a discussion about the integration of testing for GMO's in Chapter 8 of the International Rules for Seed Testing: Verification of Species and Cultivar.
At the end of the meeting David Zhang offered to chair a working group on the standardisation of methods using micro-satellites to identify and verify maize varieties. Robert Cooke offered to share his knowledge with those interested in methods for variety identification and verification in wheat.
Finally it was decided that an inventory will be carried out to identify all the methods currently available for verification of species and cultivars, and the laboratories where they are currently used.
2. GMO detection
A discussion has been going on within the GMO Task Force on the integration of the verification for GMO's into Chapter 8 of the Rules. A draft proposal had been presented to the Variety Committee and it was discussed in the workshop at Bassersdorf. The Variety Committee communicated its view to the chairman of the GMO TF. The ISTA Meeting in Budapest will be used to discuss the proposal to include GMO testing in Chapter 8. A discussion paper will be prepared for a new wording of the title and for the Objects of the new Chapter 8.
Future Aims
The inventory on methods for verification of variety and cultivar will be carried out and the results of it analysed in order to present them at the ISTA meeting in Budapest.
A discussion paper will be prepared for the integration of GMO testing in Chapter 8 of the International Rules for Seed Testing.
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