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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

SGS North America, Inc.,

Membership Code USML0600
Organisation SGS North America, Inc.,
Address

1405 32nd Avenue

57006 Brookings, South Dakota

Country United States of America
Phone 0016056927611
FAX 0016056927617
E-Mail sarah.dammen@sgs.com
Current Scope of Accreditation:

Sampling from the lot (SAM)

  • SAM: Automatic lot sampling cereals
  • SAM: Automatic lot sampling other agricultural crops
  • SAM: Automatic lot sampling pulses
  • 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 of coated seeds
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling other agricultural crops
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling pulses
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling small legumes
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling tree and shrub species
  • SAM: Manual lot sampling vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Purity and identification of other seeds (PUR/OSD)

  • PUR/OSD: Cereals
  • PUR/OSD: Coated seeds
  • 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: Tree and shrub species
  • PUR/OSD: Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Germination (GER)

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

Viability (VIA)

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

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: Coated seeds
  • TSW: Flower seeds
  • TSW: Grasses
  • TSW: Other agricultural crops
  • TSW: Pulses
  • TSW: Small legumes
  • TSW: Tree and shrub seeds
  • TSW: Vegetables, spices, herbs, and medicinal species

Vigour (VIG)

  • VIG: Accelerated ageing for Glycine max
  • 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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