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Tuesday 15 June 2010
18:30–21:00 Welcome Reception in the foyer of the Gürzenich
Wednesday 16 June 2010
Seed Symposium day 1
08:30–09:40 Opening Ceremony
– Official Address by Dr. Robert Kloos, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and
Consumer Protection (BMELV)
– Official Address by Eckhard Uhlenberg, Minister for the Environment and Conservation, Agriculture and
Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
– Opening of the ISTA Congress 2010 by the ISTA President, Dr. Katalin Ertsey
– Welcoming Address by the ISTA Secretary General, Dr. Michael Muschick
09:40–10:00 The Seed Industry in Germany
Presentation by Dr. Carl-Stephan Schäfer, BDP
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–10:40 ISTA Seed Symposium: “Application and improvement of established and advanced technologies in seed testing” Opening of the Seed Symposium by the Symposium Convenor, Dr. Alison Powell
10:40–12:30 Session 1: Technologies for improved seed supply
Keynote paper: Seed-led technology for better crop yield
Pramod K. Agrawal, Prasha Agri Consultants, India (Session Chair and Lead Speaker)
Paper 1: Seed health in spinach seed by multispectral imaging
Merete Halkjær Olesen, Jens Michael Carstensen and Birte Boelt, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Paper 2: Detection of three fungal pathogens infecting Linum seeds by one single method
Isabelle Serandat, Clement Poisplaud, Ronit Cohen, Quentin Brunelle and Valerie Grimault, GEVES-SNES, France
Paper 3: Survey of the infestation of dwarf bunt (Tilletia controversa) and common bunt (Tilletia caries) of wheat on seeds and in the soil
Markus Dressler, Benno Voit and Berta Killermann, Institut für Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung, Germany
Paper 4: The use of film coating on treated corn seeds
Suemar Alexandre Gonçalves Avelar, Fabianne Valéria de Sousa, Guilherme Fiss, Leopoldo Baudet and Silmar Teichert Peske, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
12:30–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–14:40 Session 1 (continued)
Paper 5: Inert dusts better alternatives to manage Angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella in stored rice
Mandali Rajasri, P. Sambasiva Rao and K.V.S Meena Kumari, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, India
Paper 6: Sustainable seed supply for orchid horticulture and conservation (presentation yet not available for display)
Hugh W. Pritchard, Philip T. Seaton, Y. Morales, N. Neto, P. León, P. Novoa, Hu Hong, H. Perner, J. Orejuela, J. Warner, Y. Yunelis Perez, J. Romero, C. Jijon, E. Sánchez, M. Plamieri, D. Puspitaningtyas,
L. Pateña, Yam Tim Wing, K. Thammasiri, and Duong Tan Nhut, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
14:40–15:30 Poster session 1
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:30 Poster session 1 (continued)
Thursday 17 June 2010
Seed Symposium day 2
08:30–10:00 Session 2: Aspects of purity: genetic, technical and physical
Keynote paper: Aspects of purity: genetic, technical and physical
Enrico Noli, University of Bologna, Italy (Session Chair and Lead Speaker)
Paper 1: Assessment of mechanical damage in sweet corn seed by image analysis
Francisco Guilhien Gomes Jr. and Silvio Moure Cicero,
University of São Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, Brazil
Paper 2: Image analysis of moving seeds in an indented cylinder
Ole Buus and Johannes Ravn Jørgensen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Paper 3: Free falling image acquisition system for Other Seed Determination of sunflower seed samples
Vincent Muracciole, Dominique Bertrand, Patrick Plainchault and Maria Rosaria Mannino, GEVES-SNES, France
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–11:30 Session 2 (continued)
Paper 4: Development of an ISTA DNA-based approach for testing variety identity
Ana Laura Vicario, E. Casarini, D. Perry, D. Zhang, C. Dollard and K. Hwu, Laboratorio Central de Análisis
de Semillas, Argentina
Paper 5: Bonafide BDI™ – Pure PRG, a novel DNA-based diagnostic test that detects annual ryegrass contamination in perennial ryegrass seeds
Pegadaraju Venkatramana, Quentin Schultz and Benjamin Kaufman, BioDiagnostics Inc, USA
Paper 6: Estimate of the gene flow among transgenic and non-transgenic cultivars of soybeans
Antonio Carlos Albuquerque Barros, Silmar Teichert Peske, Gaspar Malone, Otavio Luis Mendes Levien and Lilian Madruga de Tunes, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
11:30–12:30 Poster session 2
12:30–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–15:00 Poster session 2 (continued)
15:00–15:30 Session 3: Basic approaches to physiological processes in seeds (ISSS collaborative
session)
Keynote paper: Comparative seed biology will lead the way: evolutionary conservation and biodiversity of physiological mechanisms that control germination
Gerhard Leubner, University of Freiburg, Germany (Session Chair and Lead Speaker)
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:30 Session 3 (continued)
Paper 1: Seed conservation in ex situ gene banks; genetical and physiological backgrounds for viability loss in wheat and barley after storage
Manuela Nagel, Ilse Kranner and Andreas Börner, IPK Gatersleben, Germany
Paper 2: Natural modifiers of seed longevity in the Arabidopsis mutants abi3-5 and lec1-3
Matteo Sugliani, Loïc Rajjou, Emile Clerkx, Maarten Koornneef and Wim Soppe, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany
Paper 3: The combined use of Arabidopsis thaliana and Lepidium sativum to find conserved mechanisms of seed germination within the Brassicaceae family
Ada Linkies, Kerstin Müller, Karl Morris, Kai Gräber, Stefanie Tintelnot, William Finch-Savage and Gerhard Leubner-Metzger, University of Freiburg, Germany
Friday 18 June 2010
Seed Symposium day 3
08:30–09:30 Session 3 (continued)
Paper 4: Water activity measurement: demonstration of a single and non-specific optimal storage value for orthodox forest seeds
Fabienne Colas, Patrick Baldet and Michèle Bettez, Cemagref, France
Paper 5: Storability of ultra-dry wheat, rape and onion seeds
Michael Kruse and Yang Chi, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Paper 6: Seed storage and dormancy in Myosotidium hortensia
Craig McGill, Myoung Joo Park, Jayanthi Nadarajan, Warren Williams and Bruce MacKay, Massey University, New Zealand
09:30–10:00 Session 4: Approaches to the evaluation and improvement of germination
Keynote paper: The seed germination tests: ubiquitous and up-to-date tests over the years? Influence of external factors such as quality assurance and progress in research on the stability and the evolution of the tests
Joël Léchappé, GEVES-SNES, France (Session Chair and Lead Speaker)
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–12:30 Session 4 (continued)
Paper 1: Using climate data to predict optimum conditions for seed germination and dormancy breaking pre-treatments
Lindsay Robb, Robin Probert, John Dickie, Kenwin Liu and Fiona Hay, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
Paper 2: Effectiveness of seed awn removal through chemical scarification in hybrids of Pennisetum purpureum × P. glaucum (elephant grass × pearl millet) and Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass)
R. Usberti and J. A. Usberti, Plant Protection Agency, Brazil
Paper 3: Optimal conditions for lettuce seed germination test
Sylvie Ducournau, Pierre Soufflet, Joël Léchappé and Angelo Vianello, GEVES-SNES, France
Paper 4: Rate of physiological germination relates to the percentage of normal seedlings in standard germination tests of naturally aged seed lots of oilseed rape
Mohammad Khajeh-Hosseini, Maryam Nasehzadeh and Stan Matthews, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Paper 5: Electrical conductivity could have a role in predicting germination and vigour in Brassica spp.
Zohair Mirdad and Alison A. Powell, University of Aberdeen, UK
Paper 6: Germination in recalcitrant seeds of Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.): effect of storage conditions
Sergio Pasquini, Elisa Petrussa, Enrico Braidot and Angelo Vianello, University of Udine, Italy
12:30–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–15:30 Session 5: Assessment and improvement of seed performance in practice
Keynote paper: Seed vigour: from one hypothesis to many predictions and uses
Stan Matthews, United Kingdom (Session Chair and Lead Speaker)
Paper 1: Computer vision for monitoring seed germination from dry state till young seedlings
Marie-Hélène Wagner, Didier Demilly, Sylvie Ducournau, Carolyne Dürr and Joël Léchappé, GEVES-SNES, France
Paper 2: Development of a non-destructive germination test by measuring seed oxygen consumption
Sebastian Bopper and Michael Kruse, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Paper 3: A fast ethanol assay for seed vigour
Steven P.C. Groot, Jan Kodde, Corine de Groot and Wayne D. Buckley, Plant Research International BV, Netherlands
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:00 Session 5 (continued)
Paper 4: Hydration treatment improves the performance of low vigour seed lots of pepper through metabolic repair
Ibrahim Demir, Kazım Mavi, Burcu Begüm Kenanoğlu and Tuba Çelikkol, Ankara University, Turkey
Paper 5: Effect of pre-sowing and invigoration treatment for better crop establishment of mungbean
B. Gopal Reddy, P. Sambasiva Rao, M. Sreedhar, K.V. Radha Krishna and S. Kavitha
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, India
Paper 6: Changes in water sorption properties after priming increases the longevity of Rhododendron griersonianum seed
Ian P. Wood, Fiona R. Hay and Rosemary J. Newton, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
17:00–17:30 Conclusion of the Symposium
19:00 Official Dinner at the Tanzbrunnen Köln
Saturday, 19 June
Presentation of ISTA’s technical work
08:00–09:00 Bulking & Sampling Committee
Speakers:Leena Pietilä, Finland (Chair)
Christoph Reinhardt, Germany
Michael Kruse, Germany
Max Soepboer, Netherlands
09:00–10:00 Flower Seed Committee
Speakers: Zita Ripka, Hungary (Chair)
Rita Zecchinelli, Italy
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–11:30 Forest Tree & Shrub Seed Committee
Speaker: Robert Karrfalt, USA
11:30–12:30 Germination Committee
Speakers: Ronald Don, United Kingdom (Chair)
Joost van der Burg, Netherlands
Harry Nijënstein, Netherlands
12:30–13:30 Lunch break
13:30–14:30 Moisture Committee
Speaker: Craig R. McGill, New Zealand (Chair)
14:30–15:30 Statistics Committee
Speakers: Jean-Louis Laffont, France
Kirk Remund, USA
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:00 Variety Committee
Speakers: Berta Killermann, Germany (Chair)
Cheryl Dollard, Canada
17:00–18:30 GMO Task Force
Speakers: Christoph Haldemann, Switzerland (Chair)
Cheryl Dollard, Canada
Benjamin Kaufman, USA
Jean-Louis Laffont, France
Kirk Remund, USA
Sunday, 20 June
Presentation of ISTA’s technical work
08:00–09:00 Purity Committee
Speakers: Jane Taylor, United Kingdom
Adriel Garay, USA
09:00–10:00 Seed Health Committee
Speakers: Theresia A.S. Aveling, South Africa (Chair)
Isabelle Serandat, France
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–11:30 Seed Storage Committee
Speaker: Hugh W. Pritchard, United Kingdom (Chair)
11:30–12:30 Tetrazolium Committee
Speaker: Stefanie Krämer, Germany (Chair)
12:30–13:30 Lunch break
13:30–14:30 Seed Vigour Committee
Speakers: Alison A. Powell, United Kingdom (Chair)
Stan Matthews, United Kingdom
Marie-Hélène Wagner, France
14:30–15:00 Nomenclature Committee
Speaker: Susan Maxon, USA
15:00–15:30 Editorial Board (Seed Science and Technology)
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–18:30 Rules Committee
Speaker: Steve Jones, Canada
Monday, 21 June
08:00–08:30 Advanced Technologies Committee
Speaker: Joost van der Burg, Netherlands
08:30–09:00 Seed Analyst Training Committee
Speaker: John Hampton, New Zealand (Chair)
09:00–10:00 Laboratory Accreditation & Quality Assurance Programme
Speakers: Günter Müller, Germany, ISTA Proficiency Test Committee
Chair and Rasha El Khadem, ISTA Secretariat
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–13:00 Discussion on the Draft ISTA Strategy 2010–2013
13:00–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–15:30 Policy Forum: Harmonized seed testing and global seed trade
Wolfgang Reimer, Director, Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Norbert Leist, Germany (presentation, speech)
Michael M. Ryan, OECD
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:30 Policy Forum: Harmonized seed testing and global seed trade (continued)
Piero Sismondo, ISF
Alexander Malko, Russia
Silmar Peske, Brazil
18:00–21:00 Reception hosted by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
(BMELV)
Tuesday, 22 June
ISTA Ordinary Meeting
08:30–08:45 Welcome by the ISTA President Dr. Katalin Ertsey
08:45–10:00
1. Call to order
– 01rev1-2010-OM Agenda of the Ordinary Meeting 2010
2. President’s address
3. Roll call of Designated Members entitled to vote
4. Reading and acceptance of Minutes
– 02-2010-OM Draft Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting 2009
5. Report of the Executive Committee
– 03-2010-OM Activity Reports 2009 of the ISTA Committees (pages 6–9)
6. Report of the Secretary General
– 03-2010-OM Activity Reports 2009 of the ISTA Committees (pages 9–14, 18, 26–35, 39–45)
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–12:30
7. ISTA Strategy 2010–2013
– 10-2010-OM Draft ISTA Strategy 2010–2013
– 09-2010-OM Review of the ISTA Strategy - Compilation of completed Questionnaires
8. Election of Officers & Members-at-large of the Executive Committee
9. Constitution changes
– 07-2010-OM Constitution Change Proposals 2010
10. Fixation of the Annual Subscriptions
– 04-2010-OM Proposal for the Membership Fees 2011
12:30–13:30 Lunch break
13:30–15:30
11. Consideration and adoption of the proposed Rules Changes
– 05-2010-OM Proposed Changes to the ISTA International Rules for Seed Testing 2011 Edition
– 06-2010-OM Method Validation Reports on Proposed Changes to the ISTA International Rules for
Seed Testing 2011 Edition
12. Consideration and adoption of reports
– 03-2010-OM Activity Reports 2009 of the ISTA Committees (pages 15–17, 19–25, 36–38, 46–86)
13. Announcement of the place and date of the next Ordinary Meeting of the Association
– AM 2011: Japan
– AM 2012: Netherlands
– Congress 2013: Turkey
14. Any other business raised by a Member, of which notice in writing has been received by the
Secretary General two months prior to the date of the meeting
– 08-2010-OM Proposal from the Netherlands to allow issuing of multiple certificates of the same
status and value for one seed lot
– 11-2010-OM Notice of motion from Australia and New Zealand
15. Any other business raised by consent of the Executive Committee
– Obituary Ray Harty
– ISTA Honoration: Dr. Julianna Banyai, Hungary
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:30
16. Discharge of the Executive Committee
17. Installation of new Officers and Members-at-Large
18. President’s closing address
19. Adjournment
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