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Specified trait testing including the detection, identification and
quantification of GM seeds is a relatively new area of seed quality
testing that ISTA has become involved in.
Due to the
complexity of specified trait testing, the approach adopted by ISTA to
ensure reliability and accuracy of results all over the world, when
testing seeds for specific traits, differs from the traditional
standardised methodology used when testing other seed quality
attributes. It is founded on a Performance Based Approach under
which laboratories are free to choose the methods they use with the ISTA International Rules for Seed Testing setting minimum requirements for the performance of laboratories carrying out such tests.
With the establishment of the Performance Based Approach it is expected
that ISTA Member Laboratories may demonstrate their competence in
specified trait testing to provide accurate and reproducible test
results.
This information platform should give you all necessary information regarding the ISTA Performance Based Approach and includes additional links to technical information provided by ISTA and external sources: transgenic event descriptions, analytical methods, statistical tools, reference materials, literature, workshops, ISTA accreditation for specified trait(s) and the ISTA GMO Task Force.
It aims to provide useful information for all laboratories:
- who are performing tests on specified traits in seeds
- who are participating in ISTA Proficiency Tests on GMO Testing
- who want to become ISTA-accredited for testing for specified traits in seeds.
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Job opportunities at ISTA Member Laboratories
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ISTA Quality Management Training Course in Bangalore, India
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Seed Science and Technology
Print and Online Subscription available for 2008
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SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL
(ISTA News Bulletin) No. 135 April 2008 is available for download
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ISTA Accredits its 100th Seed Testing Laboratory
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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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Information Platform for GM Seed
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Accreditation Documents for the Testing of Specified Traits
Related Documents for download
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