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The ISTA membership is a collaboration of seed scientists and seed analysts from universities, research centres and governmental, private and company seed testing laboratories around the world. ISTA values and promotes the diversity of membership, this being the basis for its independence from economic and political influence.


The ISTA membership consists of Member Laboratories, Personal Members, Associate and Corporate Members.
 
Member Laboratory is any laboratory involved in seed testing, science and technology who supports the Association and its objectives and is admitted by the Association.
 
Personal Member is any interested person engaged in the science and practice of seed testing or in the technical control of such activities.
 
Associate Member is a person who is not a Personal Member, but who supports the Association and its objectives, and is admitted by the Association.
 
Corporate Member is an organisation which supports the Association and its objectives, and acts as donor, providing sponsorship to the Association.



 


Latest issue of SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL



(ISTA News Bulletin) No. 138 October 2009 for available download
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PRESS RELEASE



World food security: urgent measures on seed needed

...read more about the outcome of the
Second World Seed Conference 2009
held September 8-10,
in Rome, Italy
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29th ISTA Congress 2010 (June 15-22)

Profit from the reduced fee for early registrations until Feburary 28, 2010
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REPORTS



ISTA Annual Meeting June 15-18, 2009 Glattbrugg, Switzerland
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Newly adopted:

Position Paper on ISTA's view regarding the units for the reporting of quantitative results on presence of seeds with specified traits in conventional seed lots
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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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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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Accreditation Documents for the Testing of Specified Traits

Related Documents for download
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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

Read the full Press Release
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