Industry News
Sep 26, 2007
AOSA
Announces a new and comprehensive
Seed Moisture Testing Handbook
This innovative handbook provides
standardized procedures for testing moisture and enhances the value of
the AOSA Rules for Testing Seeds. Seed moisture content is an
important aspect of seed quality. It influences production
decisions related to harvest, conditioning, and storage.
Knowledge of seed moisture content prior to treatment is essential for
optimum seed enhancement protocols such as priming, pelleting,
coatings, etc. Seed moisture must be monitored during storage to
minimize microorganism development, maintain seed quality, and assist
inventory management. Seed moisture also influences germination
with respect to imbibitional damage, speed of germination and seedling
development.
The order form is attached and can
be downloaded from the AOSA website: http://www.aosaseed.com/publications.htm
Contact the AOSA office,
fax/telephone (405)-780-7372 or email aosaoffice@sbcglobal.net
with any questions.
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Now Available!
“Handbook on Seed Sampling”
Published
by AASCO
Association of American Seed
Control Officials
Copyright
©2006 by the
Association of American Seed Control Officials
All rights reserved
The
AASCO Handbook on Seed Sampling
presents methods, guidelines and equipment for both regulatory and
industry applications to uniformly obtain representative seed samples
for laboratory testing. It
also provides sampling procedures for the USA Accredited Seed Sampling
Program (ASSP) for national and international certification and may be
recognized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
The intent is to provide a broadly adaptable format to all seed
sampling situations so that the resultant laboratory analyses
accurately reflect the quality of the seed lot and prevent potential
trade barriers from variability in sampling.
TOPICS
COVERED INCLUDE:
PROCEDURES
FOR SAMPLING SEED WITH A TRIER
SELECTING
AND USING A TRIER
Compartmentalized double-sleeve trier, Open tube double-sleeve trier,
Open tube single-sleeve trier, Nobbe trier, and Inappropriate triers
PROCEDURES FOR SAMPLING SEED WITHOUT A TRIER
Stream-sampling Method, Hand-sampling Method
SPECIAL SAMPLING CONSIDERATIONS
Seed in Small Containers, Pelleted or Coated Seed, Combination
Products, Mats or Tapes, Hermetically Sealed Containers
PREPARATION OF THE COMPOSITE SAMPLE
QUALITY ASSURANCE
SAFETY AND HEALTH
SAMPLING MINI-BULK CONTAINERS
RECOMMENDED SAMPLE SIZE
Recommended Sample Size for
Agricultural Seed Sampling Small Containers or Packets of Grass, Vegetable or
Flower Seed
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
RECOMMENDED REFERENCES & ON-LINE RESOURCES
RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM
LOT
SIZE
RECOMMENDED FORMS TO RECORD SEED SAMPLING
ORDERS NOW
ACCEPTED
Visit
the AASCO website for more info on ordering
http://www.seedcontrol.org
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