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Introduction
Members of the FTS Committee deal with tree seed testing itself, but also with many other, related research activities, such as storage, presowing treatment (stratification) and seed-borne diseases.
Currently, the FTS members come mostly from European countries, from USA, Canada and Malaysia. However, we are seeking to involve seed technologists and scientists from Africa, South America, Australia and New Zealand. In the southern hemisphere, and especially in the tropics, there are many tree species for which methods are needed for the evaluation of seed quality, for seed storage, for breaking dormancy and for maximising germination. The committee has only just started (2001-2004) to address such issues.
Activities of the FTS Committee are focused first of all on the development of test methods that can be introduced into the ISTA Rules and be applied to species used in international trade.
Some of the most important tasks are:
- Generation of information that will contribute to a revision of current methods, and to the introduction of new methods and species into the ISTA Rules
- Elaboration of procedures for proficiency testing of forest tree and shrub seeds
- Organisation of workshops and meetings dealing exclusively with methods for quality evaluation of tree seeds
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New issue of
SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL (ISTA News Bulletin) No. 142 October 2011
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REGISTRATION NOW POSSIBLE
ISTA Annual Meeting 2012
June 11-14, 2012
Venlo, The Netherlands
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Reports available from the ISTA Annual Meeting 2011
held June 13-16, 2011
Zurich, Switzerland
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ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size
Technical Protocol and participating companies
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Outcome on the
World food security: urgent measures on seed needed
Second World Seed Conference 2009
held September 8-10,
in Rome, Italy
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ISTA Seed Mixture 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 list of 130 plant species that accredited laboratories may wish to include in their seed collections
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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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Accreditation Documents for the Testing of Specified Traits
Related Documents for download
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ISTA's Memorandum of Understanding with FAO
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