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

Technical Committees Documents

General Technical Committees documents

Documents and links per Technical Committee

Advanced Technologies Committee

Working Programme and Activity Reports


Bulking and Sampling Committee

Protocol automatic seed samplers
ISST Seed Sampling Template
ISTA Sampling Calculator
Training videos for ISTA Seed Sampling Trainers
Working Programme and Activity Reports


Editorial Board of Seed Science and Technology

Instructions to Contributors


Flower Seed Testing Committee

Working Programme and Activity Reports


Forest Tree and Shrub Seed Committee

Index to Scientific Names of Tropical Tree Species with Venacular Names
Working Programme and Activity Reports 


Germination Committee

Seedling evaluation of Glycine max
Germination Tool Box
Working Programme and Activity Reports


GMO Committee

Standardised GMO Terms
Information Platform for GM Seeds
ISTA Strategy regarding Methods for the Detection, Identification and Quantification of Genetically Modified Seeds in Conventional Seed Lots 
Working Programme and Activity Reports 


Moisture Committee

Moisture Calculator
Tolerances in ISTA Moisture Testing - 2008 - A discussion paper
Grinding in ISTA Moisture Testing - 2008
Annexes to Grinding in ISTA Moisture Testing - 2008
Oven Seed Moisture Testing - 2005
Working Programme and Activity Reports


Nomenclature Committee

Stabilised List
ISTA 7th Edition Stabilised List Data 
Working Programme and Activity Reports


Proficiency Test Committee

Working Programme and Activity Reports


Purity Committee

Blower calibration
Seed Identification of Eight Urochloa (= Brachiaria) Species (Cultivated or Weed)
Universal List of Species
Seed Mixture Training
Working Programme and Activity Reports
​​​​FAQ Purity Committee


Rules Committee

Working Programme and Activity Reports


Seed Health Committee

Seed Health Tool Box
ISTA Reference Pest List

Seed Health Test Image Database
Organizing and Analyzing Seed Health Proficiency Tests
Validating Methods and Organization and Analysis of Results of CTs
Working Programme and Activity Reports


Seed Science Advisory Group

Procedures within the SSAG and interaction with TCOMs
Research interests, collaborative and commercial links
Working Programme and Activity Reports
Report on potential use of Q2 for evaluation of Seed Quality
A review of the principles and use of the Q2 Seed Analyser
Potential use of the Q2 machine as an evaluator of the physiological quality (GER & VIG) of commercial seed-lots
Report on the evaluation of the performance of the Q2 Seed Analyser in Seed Quality Analysis


Statistics Committee

Statistical Tools for Seed Testing
Working Programme and Activity Reports


Seed Storage Committee

Working Programme and Activity Reports


Tetrazolium Committee

Working Programme and Activity Reports
ISTA Tetrazolium Test. Standard Procedures Triticum spp. instructional video


Variety Committee

Working Programme and Activity Reports


Vigour Committee

List of publications on the background to vigour tests published by VIG2006-2016
Working Programme and Activity Reports


Wild Species Committee

Terms of Reference Wild Species Working Group
Working Programme and Activity Reports

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