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Introduction
There are 14 scientists from 7 different countries registered and involved with the Seed Storage Committee. The common goal of the committee is the development and/or improvement of effective medium- and long-term storage methods. To achieve these goals it is important to have an appreciation of the biological processes that underlie the seed storage behaviour and how these processes are affected by actual storage. This is particularly true of recalcitrant (non-orthodox) seed germplasm.
At present the committee is divided into three working groups viz. Orthodox seeds; Non-Orthodox Seeds and Development of Methodologies. Research aspects in common to all three working groups are the impact of the seed associated mycoflora and the rôle of cryopreservation.
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ISTA / ISF Experiment on Herbage Seed Lot Size
Technical Protocol and participating companies
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Next issue of
SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL (ISTA News Bulletin) No. 139 April 2010
coming up soon!
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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
Read the full Press Release
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REPORTS from the
ISTA Annual Meeting June 15-18, 2009 Glattbrugg, Switzerland
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