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International Seed Testing Association
International Seed Testing Association
Richtiarkade 18
8304 Wallisellen, CH
+41 44 838 60 00
ista.office@ista.ch
International Seed Testing Association

AsureQuality Limited

Membership Code NZDL0100
Organisation AsureQuality Limited
Department Palmerston North Seed Laboratory
Address

Tennent Drive

P.O.Box 609

4440 Palmerston North

Country New Zealand
Phone 006463517946
FAX 006463517907
E-Mail Andrew.Ward@AsureQuality.com
sue.cousins@asurequality.com
Current Scope of Accreditation:

Sampling from the lot (SAM)

  • SAM: Automatic lot sampling cereals
  • SAM: Automatic lot sampling grasses
  • SAM: Automatic lot sampling small legumes
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling cereals
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling flower species
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling grasses
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling other agricultural crops
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling pulses
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling small legumes
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Purity and identification of other seeds (PUR/OSD)

  • PUR/OSD: Cereals
  • PUR/OSD: Flower species
  • PUR/OSD: Grasses
  • PUR/OSD: Other agricultural crops
  • PUR/OSD: Poa pratensis, Poa trivialis and Dactylis glomerata
  • PUR/OSD: Pulses
  • PUR/OSD: Small legumes
  • PUR/OSD: Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Germination (GER)

  • GER: Cereals
  • GER: Flower species
  • GER: Grasses
  • GER: Other agricultural crops
  • GER: Pulses
  • GER: Small legumes
  • GER: Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Viability (VIA)

  • VIA: TTC Cereals
  • VIA: TTC Grasses
  • VIA: TTC Other agricultural crops
  • VIA: TTC Small legumes
  • VIA: TTC Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Verification of species and variety (VAR)

  • VAR: Fluorescence of root traces on Lolium spp.

Moisture content (MOI)

  • MOI: Constant oven method: coarse grinding
  • MOI: Constant oven method: fine grinding
  • MOI: Constant oven method: no grinding

Thousand-seed weight (TSW)

  • TSW: Cereals
  • TSW: Grasses
  • TSW: Other agricultural crops
  • TSW: Pulses
  • TSW: Small legumes
  • TSW: Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Vigour (VIG)

  • VIG: Conductivity for Cicer arietinum, Pisum sativum, Phaseolus vulgaris, Glycine max, Raphanus sativus
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