HOMEABOUT ISTAMEMBERSHIPTECHNICAL COMMITTEESACCREDITATIONPUBLICATIONSSEED TESTING LINKS
 
 
 
ACCREDITATION / Labs
 
 
 
  Laboratory - Detail        
 

[GBDL0400]
Official Seed Testing Station
Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture
1 Roddinglaw Road
Edinburgh EH12 9FJ
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 131 244 8900
Fax: +44 131 244 8971
valerie.cockerell@sasa.gsi.gov.uk >
 
Status of accreditation:  Accredited

List of tests:

  • Sampling
  • Purity & determination of other seeds
  • Germination
  • Viability
  • Seed health
  • Moisture content determination
  • Weight determination
  • Vigour testing

 
For more details regarding the laboratory's scope of accreditation, please open the appendix to the Certificate of Accreditation below.
Annex to the Accreditation Certificate - ISTA Standard Methods



 


New issue of



SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL (ISTA News Bulletin) No. 143 April 2012



More info »


REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 15



ISTA Annual Meeting 2012
June 11-14, 2012

Venlo, The Netherlands


More info »


Reports available from the ISTA Annual Meeting 2011



held June 13-16, 2011
Zurich, Switzerland


More info »


ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size

Technical Protocol and participating companies
More info »


Outcome on the



World food security: urgent measures on seed needed

Second World Seed Conference 2009
held September 8-10,
in Rome, Italy
More info »


ISTA Seed Mixture Experiment

to collect information that may be used to determine the reliability of seed mixture test results and establish tolerances. 
More info »


Universal List of Species

ISTA list of 130 plant species that accredited laboratories may wish to include in their seed collections

More info »


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
More info »


Accreditation Documents for the Testing of Specified Traits

Related Documents for download
More info »


ISTA's Memorandum of Understanding with FAO

Read the full Press Release
More info »