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Introduction
ISTA's objective for variety verification of species and cultivars is the determination of the extent to which a seed sample conforms to the species or cultivar claimed for it.
The Variety Committee is responsible for the Chapter 8 of the International Rules for Seed Testing dealing with the methods of variety verification. The including of new technologies such as bio-molecular methods for the detection of genetically modified seeds within conventional seed lots was carried out in cooperation with the GMO Task Force.
An important work of the committee at present is an inter-laboratory validation study of DNA markers for the verification of cultivars of high interest such as maize, rice, wheat and soybean.
A challenge for the future is to carry out an inventory on methods for verification of species and cultivars of 'all' existing ISTA and non-ISTA methods. It should provide information about current methods but also identify where methods are needed, e.g. for new species.
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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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