Annual Meeting 2024

Maintaining UK biosecurity by intercepting pathogens in trade

UK seed trade from an industry point of view

Seed longevity and genetic variation in crop GenBank, emphasis on orthodox seeds

Seed storage, with emphasis on relative effects temperature, moisture and oxygen

Cryopreservation, emphasis on long-term security of crop germplasm and recalcitrant seeds

The importance of assuring seed germination quality from the laboratory into the marketplace and to the grower

The importance of having competent personnel for germination tests

Quality of forest seeds and food and nutritional security

Mass sequencing: a useful tool for the control of plant diseases

Future for high throughput sequencing in seed health testing

Validation of a high throughput sequencing test within an iso17025 accredited plant health laboratory

From seed company to supermarket: the benefits of variety traceability

Proficiency Testing Program for Variety Verification at ISTA

Rules Committee

Bulking and Sampling Committee

Seed Storage Committee

Flower Seed Testing Committee

Seed Science Advisory Group

Seed Science and Technology

GMO Committee

Advanced Technologies Committee

Germination Committee 

• Germination Committee: Study on Influence of Substrate Water Level for Germination of Spinacia oleracea
• Germination Committee: Introduction of a new pre treatment for Beta vulgaris seeds
• Germination Committee: Establishing Evaluation Criteria for Secondary Roots for Zea mays
• Germination Committee: Dormancy breaking methods for sunflower seeds

Nomenclature Committee

Seed Health Committee

Statistics Committee

Wild Species Committee

Why become ISTA Accredited?

Proficiency Test Committee

Tetrazolium Committee

Moisture Committee

Variety Committee

Purity Committee

Forest Tree and Shurb Seed Committee Part I

For​​​​​​est Tree and Shurb Seed Committee Part II

WG on Practical Guidelines for Image Analysis

Vigour Committee

New Technologies in Seed Testing

• Exploring Molecular Tools for Evaluating Seed Quality
• Developments in Multispectral Imaging and Image Analysis on seeds
• An example of using Bayesian statistics: revised OSD heterogeneity testing under certain conditions