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International Seed Testing Association
International Seed Testing Association
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International Seed Testing Association
International Seed Testing Association

ISSS-ISTA webinars

November 29, 2023: Seed priming

  • Abstracts

    Molecular perspectives into seed priming. The seed repair response as a key player in the pre-germinative metabolism - Open here

    Seed priming: practical commercial use and its evaluation - Open here

June 07, 2023: Seed dormancy

  • Abstracts

    Dormancy breakage for germination testing - Open here

    The ecological significance of physical dormancy - Open here

  • Presentations and Q&A

    David Johnston - Seed dormancy breakage for germination testing

    Ganesh K. Jaganathan - The ecological significance of physical dormancy, and much more: from conundrum to clarity

    Q&A document  - David Johnston and Ganesh K. Jaganathan have answered all the questions that were sent in during the webinar.

December 14, 2022: Web-based resources for seed scientists with INSR

  • Abstracts

    How studies of seed traits can inform restoration practice - Open here

    Native seeds for ecological restoration and the new life of SID (Seed Information Database) - Open here

    ISTA Statistics Committee and statistical seed testing tools - Open here

  • Presentations and Q&A

    David Merritt - How studies of seed traits can inform restoration practice 

    Simone Pedrini - Native seeds for ecological restoration and the new life of SID (Seed Information Database)

    Kirk Remund - ISTA Statistics Committee and statistical seed testing tools

    Q&A document - Kirk Remund, Jean-Louis Laffont, and Corinne Guimier have answered all the questions that were sent in during the webinar.

June 28, 2022: Seed development and viability

  • Abstracts

    Use of the tetrazolium test for estimating seed viability and vigour - Open here

    Molecular mechanisms driving seed development in flowering plants - Open here

  • Presentations and Q&A

    Dr. Jose B. França - Neto - Use of the Tetrazolium test for estimating seed viability and vigour 

    Dr. Duarte Figueiredo - Molecular mechanisms driving seed development in flowering plants

    Q&A document - Dr. Jose B. França - Neto and Dr. Duarte Figueiredo have answered all the questions that were sent in during the webinar

December 15, 2021: Phenotypic plasticity of seed traits

To watch a recording of the webinar, please click here.

  • Abstracts

    Genotype by environment interactions in seed size are ubiquitous in relation to water availability: evolutionary potential through phenotypic plasticity - Open here

    Seed germination phenotyping in controlled conditions to measure genetic diversity and address climate change - Open here

     

  • Presentations and Q&A

    Dr. Eugenio Larios - The evolutionary potential of seed size through phenotypic plasticity of a desert annual plant 

    Marie-Hélène Wagner - Seed germination phenotyping in controlled conditions to measure genetic diversity and address climate change

    Q&A document - Dr. Eugenio Larios and Marie-Hélène Wagner have answered all the questions that were sent in during the webinar

June 15, 2021: Seed Storage

To watch a recording of the webinar, please click here.

  • Presentations and Q&A

    Dr. Steve Jones - International Seed Testing Association Introduction 

    Prof. Henk Hilhorst - International Society for Seed Science (ISSS) Introduction

    PD Dr. Manuela Nagel - Seed conservation – harnessing seed science for the maintenance of genetic diversity in genebanks

    Dr. Christina Walters - Seed Ageing during Dry Storage: a Discreet, Discrete Problem


    Q&A document - PD Dr. Manuela Nagel and Dr. Christina Walters have answered all the questions that were sent in during the session in detail.

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