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USDA/AMS - Items of Interest in Seed - April 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Editor’s Notes
• United States Coordinates the 2008 Annual Meeting of the OECD Seed Schemes
• AMS Accredited Seed Laboratory and Seed Grader Program
• Accredited Seed Grader at SRTB
• Seed Grader Training
• Request for Seed Sampling Workshops
• Upcoming Federal Seed Schools in Gastonia, NC
• Spring Trueness-to-Variety Overiew
• SRTB Reaccredited by ISTA
• New Seed Health Testing Methods Available
• Noxious-Weed Seed List for 2008
• Seed Packaging and Labeling Reviews
• AMS Numbers
• The Seed Violation Process
• Federal Seed Act Cases Settled
• Questions and Answers
• Tolerances and the Federal Seed Act Regulations
• Purity of Tall Fescue Varieties
• Identification of Kentucky 31 Tall Fescue by Isoelectric Focusing Electrophoresis
• The Role of the Seed Coat in Determining Seed Purity in Fabaceae
• What is “Damping-Off” and What Do We Do When It Invades Our Germination
• Test Seedlings?
• Seed Segments – A Journey to Kentucky
• Ryegrass Fluorescence List
• Plant Variety Protection Certificate Status
• An Important Note to Our State Seed Control Officials
• An Important Note to Our Seed Company Customers
• Calendar of Events
• Directory of Services

Full document: http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/seed/LSIOIApril2008.pdf
 

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