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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