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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

Seed Control and Certification Institute

Membership Code ZMDL0100
Organisation Seed Control and Certification Institute
Department Official Seed Testing Station
Address

Mount Makulu

P.O. Box 350199

13201 Chilanga

Country Zambia
Phone 00260211278236
FAX 00260211278170
E-Mail scci@zamnet.zm
Web www.www.scci.gov.zm
Current Scope of Accreditation:

Sampling from the lot (SAM)

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

Purity and identification of other seeds (PUR/OSD)

  • PUR/OSD: Cereals
  • PUR/OSD: Grasses
  • PUR/OSD: Other agricultural crops
  • PUR/OSD: Pulses
  • PUR/OSD: Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Germination (GER)

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

Viability (VIA)

  • VIA: TTC Cereals

Moisture content (MOI)

  • MOI: Constant oven method: coarse grinding
  • MOI: Constant oven method: cutting
  • MOI: Constant oven method: fine grinding
  • MOI: Constant oven method: no grinding
  • MOI: Moisture meter

Thousand-seed weight (TSW)

  • TSW: Cereals

Vigour (VIG)

  • VIG: Conductivity for Cicer arietinum, Pisum sativum, Phaseolus vulgaris, Glycine max, Raphanus sativus
  • VIG: Radicle emergence for Brassica napus, Zea mays, Raphanus sativus, Triticum aestivum subsp.aestivum
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