Upcoming Events
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5.9.2022 - 8.9.2022
ISTA Workshop on Seed Sampling & Quality Assurance in Sampling
ISTA Workshop on Seed Sampling & Quality Assurance in Sampling
The ISTA Bulking and Sampling Committee and Variety Registration Seed Certification Center are looking forward to hosting you at the ISTA Workshop on ‘Seed Sampling and Quality Assurance in Seed Sampling’, to be held at Karacabey-Bursa Türkiye from 5-8 September 2022. The workshop will include lectures, practical and group work.Read more -
2.11.2022 - 4.11.2022
Seed Symposium 2022
Seed Symposium 2022
ISTA Seed Symposium "Quality Seed for Sustainable Agriculture"Read more
02-04 November, Novotel Athens, Greece.
Seed quality, health and identity are of paramount importance for the global economy and the environment. To discuss all aspects of seed quality, the symposium brings together seed analysts, technologists, researchers and managers from universities, research institutes, government and the seed trade. It provides a forum for discussion of the latest advances in seed science and technology, as well as an opportunity to exchange ideas and information.
Intending participants are invited to submit oral and poster papers under the above theme. The research reported in offered papers can cover both the scientific basis of aspects of seed quality and its technological application in seed testing. In all sessions we welcome papers on established and novel seed testing methods, and on tropical and temperate crop species, wild species, flowers, trees and shrubs, including species with potential for use in plant breeding and in habitat regeneration.
News
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13.05.2022
The International Seed Testing Association has a newly elected Executive Committee.
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04.05.2022
ISTA Bulking and Sampling Committee introduces the 3rd Edition of the ISTA Handbook on Seed Sampling!
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19.07.2022
The latest version of the ISTA Reference PEST List (ISTA-RPL) is now available!
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Publications
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The International Rules for Seed Testing are ISTA primary tool to promote uniformity in the seed testing industry. Featuring 19 sections, the International Rules for Seed Testing have definitions and standardised methods to be used in sampling, testing seed lot quality and reporting results for international trade. The ISTA Rules are voted, amended and approved annually at the Ordinary General Meeting after considering the Technical Committees recommendations.
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Seed Science and Technology (SST) is an international journal, featuring original papers and articles on seed quality and physiology related to seed production, harvest, processing, sampling, storage, genetic conservation, habitat regeneration, distribution and testing. A journal that meets the needs of researchers, advisers and all those involved in the improvement and technical control of seed quality.
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Seed Testing International (STI) is ISTA News Bulletin, distributed to over 1700 subscribers worldwide. STI includes reports from ISTA President, Technical Committees, and Secretariat. It also includes articles, addressing various aspects, concerning seed testing in general.
This is the reason why STI is read by parties, interested in seeds, including ISTA Members and their laboratory personnel in more than 70 countries/distinct economies.
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