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

ISTA Annual Meeting 2026

The meeting was held in Calgary, Canada from June 22 - 25, 2026.

OGM Approved Documents Technical Committee Reports

OGM26-01 Agenda for the Ordinary Meeting 2026

OGM26-02 Minutes Ordinary General Meeting 2025

OGM26-03 Activity Report of the ISTA Committees 2025

OGM26-04 Membership Fees Proposal 2027

OGM26-05 Rules Proposals 2027

OGM26-06 ISTA Method Validation Reports 2027

Advanced Technologies Committee

Bulking and Sampling Committee

Editorial Board of Seed Science and Technology

Rules Committee

Germination Committee

Moisture Committee

GMO Committee

Nomenclature Committee

Proficiency Test Committee

Flower Seed Testing Committee

A.I. models and seed testing how does it works and what are the (statistical) pitfalls

Application of the ISTA Guideline for Advanced Technology Applications for Seed Testing a case on other seed determination

Potential of Germination curve analysis Untapped Parameters for ISTA Seed Testing

The use of A.I. chat-tools in seed testing design and result analysis

Imaging Consortium

Seed Health Committee

Statistics Committee

Storage Committee

Tetrazolium Committee

Tetrazlolium Committee - Tomato tetrazolium test

Variety Committee

Wild Species Committee

Purity Committee

Vigour Committee

Forest Tree and Shrub Seed Committee  - 1st presentation

Forest Tree and Shrub Seed Committee - 2nd presentation

Forest Tree and Shrub Seed Committee - 3rd presentation

ISTA Seminar "Practical implication of seed quality and seed testing"

Please note, permission from the author must be obtained prior to using the slides or content for any presentations.

Session 1: Canadian plant breeding past, present and future

Integrated Innovation: Plant Breeding at the Crop Development Centre

Curtis Pozniak, Crop Development Center

Breeding for a Changing Canada: Innovation for Stress Resilience

Logan Skori, AgGene

Private Plant Breeding in Canada

Jodi Souter, J4 Agri-Science Limited

Session 2: Potential of AI methodologies and its advancements

Facing Our Futures

Nikolas Badminton, Chief Futurist and Hope Engineer at futurist.com

Machine Learning. Algorithms for Small Datasets

Sandra Zilles, Canada Research Chair in Computational Learning Theory, AMII

The future of hemp breeding: Artificial intelligence for detection of off-type and escape plants in seed production

Jan Slaski, Mirabilis Hemp Consulting Ltd.

Session 3: Regulatory Perspective of Seed Certification

Regulatory perspectives: seed testing and certification in Canada’s Seed Program

Wendy Jahn, CFIA

United States Perspective Seed Testing and Certification

Ruihong Guo, USDA

Regulatory Perspective of Seed Certification: Focus on OECD Seed Schemes

Aurelia Nicault, OECD

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