December 6-6, 2017

WEBINAR - Variability in Seed Testing Results

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Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) *

Online - Online, United States

November 27-29, 2017

1° Workshop para Analistas de Sementes

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Associação Paranaense dos Produtores de Sementes e Mudas (Apasem)

Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil

November 27-29, 2017

Workshop on Imaging Technologies for Seed Evaluation

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Aarhus University, Department of Agroecology - Slagelse, Denmark

The overall aim of this workshop is to introduce optical technologies (like multispectral imaging, NIRS, electrophotography and X-ray) in seed evaluation. The participants learn about and practice the use of imaging technologies for seed evaluation.

October 23-25, 2017

1° Workshop para Analistas de Sementes

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Associação Paranaense dos Produtores de Sementes e Mudas (Apasem)

Toledo, PR, Brazil

September 18-21, 2017

ISTA Workshop Seed Health Testing Sunflower, Soybean and Flax

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Angers, France

Previous proficiency tests showed unexpected results between participants. This workshop will help participants to train on seed health testing methods for detecting fungi and harmonize notations.

August 15-17, 2017

Iowa State University's Seed Conditioning Workshop: Seed Corn/Soybean Quality Testing

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Iowa State University

Iowa State University - Ames, IA, United States

July 18-19, 2017

Bayer Company - ISAAA Summer Workshop

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Society of Commercial Seed Technologists (SCST) *

Bayer Vegetable Seeds - Parma, ID, United States

June 26, 2017 - August 9, 2017

Curso: Muestro y aseguramiento de la calidad aplicado a la toma de muestras de lotes de semillas

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Instituto Nacional de Semillas, Uruguay (INASE)

Complejo Turistico Flores - Flores, Uruguay

June 19-22, 2017

International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Annual Meeting 2017

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Renaissance Hotel - Denver, CO, United States

The event will be held in collaboration with the Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) and the Society of Commercial Seed Technologists (SCST). This will be the first time that the three seed testing associations will be holding a joint Annual Meeting.

June 18-18, 2017

Workshop: Tolerances in Seed Testing: Applications and Practices and How to Design and Implement a Referee Study

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Renaissance Denver Stapleton Hotel - Denver, CO, United States

The first part will cover principles and applications of tolerances in seed testing. The second part of the workshop will cover how to establish a referee study.

June 17-18, 2017

Flower Seed Workshop

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Denver Botanical Gardens - Denver, CO, United States

June 16-18, 2017

Native Seed Testing Workshop

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Denver, CO, United States

Testing native seeds: Purity, Germination, TZ and practical testing issues will be explored

June 14-16, 2017

Workshop: Seedcalc and other Tools for Statistics in Seed Testing Workshop

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Denver, CO, United States

Statistical distributions usually found in seed testing; Sampling principles for seed testing; Seed testing plans for adventitious presence testing or low level testing using qualitative and quantitative assays; Seed testing plans for purity testing; Statistical outlier...

June 6, 2017 - November 23, 2017

ISTA Workshop on Advanced Seed Vigour Testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Bangalore, India

The workshop will be focused on two of the ISTA validated tests, the Radicle Emergence test and the Conductivity test. The workshop will be made up of practical experience of the two tests, lectures and interactive seminars.

May 15-17, 2017

Iowa State University, Seed Science Center - Seed Testing Short Course: Corn and Soybean Quality Evaluation Workshop

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Iowa State University, Seed Science Center

Seed Science Center - Ames, IA, United States

Participants will evaluate seedlings from testing methods on two seed lots of corn and two soybean seed lots and will see how their results compare to the class average, high and low results. Traditional seed testing methods include warm germination (sand, rolled paper ...

May 8-11, 2017

Iowa State University, Seed Science Center - Seed Testing Short Course: Purity Week

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Iowa State University, Seed Science Center

Seed Science Center - Ames, IA, United States

The emphasis of the week will be on seed identification through working with samples, advice from instructors, and use of electronic and hard copy references. Participants will have the opportunity to work with up to 32 species of seeds, grasses, legumes, cereals plus w...

May 1-4, 2017

Iowa State University, Seed Science Center - Seed Testing Short Course: Germination Week

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Iowa State University, Seed Science Center

Seed Science Center - Ames, IA, United States

Participants will gain experience evaluating seedlings of 16 species (crops, vegetables, flowers grasses, etc.) from the warm germination test plus work with cold tests, accelerated aging, tests for biotech traits (herbicide bioassay, immunoassay), tetrazolium and more.

April 3-6, 2017

ISTA SHC Workshop: How to validate a method and check the performance of quality system in Seed Health testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Universidad de Almería - Almeria, Spain

This workshop will provide an overview of Seed health testing methods and method validation principle as well as methods to check the performance of their quality system: ability to implement a method, proficiency tests organization. It will allow participants to work w...

March 7, 2017 - May 16, 2017

Opleiding Zaadanalyse & Gezondheidsonderzoek

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Naktuinbouw

Naktuinbouw - Roelofsarendsveen, Netherlands

February 20-23, 2017

ISTA Workshop on Advanced Seed Vigour Testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Seed Laboratory INO7 - Bengaluru, India

The workshop will be focused on two of the ISTA validated tests, the Radicle Emergence test and the Conductivity test. The workshop will be made up of practical experience of the two tests, lectures and interactive seminars. It will also offer an opportunity for general...

January 18-19, 2017

2017 North East Seed Analyst Workshop

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Harrisburg, PA, United States

November 28-30, 2017

4th Global Science Conference On Climate Smart Agriculture

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CIRAD

Birchwood Hotel and O.R. Conference Centre - Johannesburg, South Africa

November 5-9, 2017

12th Arab Congress of Plant Protection

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TBA, Egypt

October 30, 2017 - November 3, 2017

Seventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Kigali, Rwanda

October 28-28, 2017

Special Event on genomics information

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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Kigali Convention Center - Kigali, Rwanda

August 7, 2017 - January 19, 2018

GREAT Gender-responsive Cereal Grain Breeding Course

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Kampala, Uganda

Week 1: 07-16 August 2017: 9 days of face-to-face training on theory and applied instruction / Fieldwork: August-December 2017 / Week 2: 15-19 January 2018: 5 days of face-to-face training on data analysis, interpretation and communications.

July 12-13, 2017

Biocontrols Africa Conference & Expo

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Southern Sun Cape Sun - Cape Town, South Africa

February 28, 2017 - March 2, 2017

African Seed Association Congress 2017

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African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA)*

King Fahd Palace Hotel - Dakar, Senegal