Content
• Rule Change Proposals • Workshops • Other Activities • Sampling Application • BSC Composition
Rule Change Proposals
Editorial corrections – – correct erroneous references – Include ‘from the seed stream’ 2.5.1.1 Preparation of a seed
lot and conditions for sampling – Move Malva sylvestris L. from Table 2A Part 2 to Part 3
Rule Change Proposals
Proposed Rule Changes • Revision of 2.5.1.5 Obtaining the submitted sample
– Group - submitted sample for seed moisture content testing
• Revision of 2.5.1.6 Dispatch of the submitted sample – Packing included, sealing of submitted sample
• Revision of 2.5.2.2 Sample reduction methods – Delete obtaining submitted sample for moisture testing
• Revision of 2.5.2.2 Sample reduction methods – Not necessary to mix before dividing for Vario, Rotary
Rule Change Proposals
Proposed Rule Changes • Revision of the ISTA Protocol for the Approval of Automatic
Samplers – Sealing of sampling system – Re-approval – Discretionary check sampling for high quality seed lots – Check list
Program of Work: 2016-2019
Workshops 2018 ISTA Workshop on Seed Sampling & Quality Assurance in Sampling
Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel; 19 – 23 February 2018
• Organiser: – Lea Mazor/ OSTL, ARO
• Participants: – 35 from Denmark (1), France (3), Israel (25), Italy (1), Korea, South (1), Netherlands (2), Romania (2).
• Lecturers: – Eddie Goldschagg, Gerry Hall, Leena Pietilä, Lotta Claesson
Workshops 2018 ISTA Workshop on Seed Sampling & Quality Assurance in Sampling – Automatic Sampling Lund, Eslöv & Svalöv, Sweden; 8 – 11 October 2018
• Organiser: − Lotta Claesson/Jordbruksverket
• Participants: − 33 from Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania, United Kingdom and USA
• Lecturers: − Eddie Goldschagg, Gerry Hall, Leena Pietilä, Lotta Claesson
Program of Work: 2016-2019
Photographer: Kristofer Vamling
Publications ISTA Handbook on Seed Sampling Editor: Gerry Hall Submitted to ISTA, awaiting publication
Program of Work: 2016-2019
Training Material Sampling Videos Working Group: Michael Kruse, Gerry Hall, Leena Pietilä, Lotta Claesson
Special thanks to SASA 7 Videos finalized and posted on ISTA Website: WHAT WE DO / TCOMs / BSC / Documents
Program of Work: 2016-2019
Training Material Sampling Videos • How to use a Nobbe trier • How to use a Sampling stick • How to use a Cargo sampler • Nobbe Trier Technique • Centrifugal divider • Hand halving • Spoon method
Program of Work: 2016-2019
New Project: Application for Sampling Calculations
Program of Work: 2016-2019
Will be demonstrated at BSC Open Meeting, 08:00 on the 1st of July, MR G01/2
Rules Development
• Vegetable Seed − Working group
• Orobanche
• Seed Mixtures
Program of Work: 2019-2022
Projects
• Seed Sampling Application − New functionalities
• Training Material − Sampling Videos
Program of Work: 2019-2022
Future Workshops Combined ISTA Workshop on Seed Sampling, Purity, Germination & Moisture Hyderabad, India; 5 – 12 July 2019 • Organiser:
− Keshavulu Kunusoth – TSSOCA • Lecturers:
− BSC: Eddie Goldschagg & Gerry Hall − PUR: Gerarda de Boer-Raatgever − GER: Augusto Martinelli − MOI: Axel Goeritz
Program of Work: 2019-2022
Bulking and Sampling Committee 2016-2019
Name Country Region Chair Eddie Goldschagg South Africa Africa
Vice-Chair Leena Pietilä Finland Scandinavia
Member Ignacio Aranciaga Argentina South America
Member Lotta Claesson Sweden Scandinavia
Member Maria Duter New Zealand Oceania
Member Fabio Gorian Italy Western Europe
Member Gerry Hall United Kingdom Western Europe
Member David Johnson United States North America
Member Steve Jones Canada North America
Member Michael Kruse Germany Western Europe
Member José Maurício Pereira Brazil South America
Member Mable Simwanza Zambia Africa
Member Jean-Claude Stephan France Western Europe
Member Ad Toussaint The Netherlands Western Europe
Member Dot Vittrup Pedersen Denmark Scandinavia
Bulking and Sampling Committee 2016-2019
Name Country Region Chair Eddie Goldschagg South Africa Africa
Vice-ChairMember Leena Pietilä Finland Scandinavia
Member Ignacio Aranciaga Argentina South America
Member Lotta Claesson Sweden Scandinavia
Member Maria Duter New Zealand Oceania
Member Fabio Gorian Italy Western Europe
Member Gerry Hall United Kingdom Western Europe
Member David Johnson United States North America
Member Steve Jones Canada North America
Member Michael Kruse Germany Western Europe
Member José Maurício Pereira Brazil South America
Member Mable Simwanza Zambia Africa
Member Jean-Claude Stephan France Western Europe
Member Ad Toussaint The Netherlands Western Europe
Member Dot Vittrup Pedersen Denmark Scandinavia
Bulking and Sampling Committee 2019-2022
Name Country Region Chair Eddie Goldschagg South Africa Africa
Interim Vice-Chair Leena Pietilä Finland Scandinavia
Member Ignacio Aranciaga Argentina South America
Member Lotta Claesson Sweden Scandinavia
Member Corinne Guimier France Europe Member Gerry Hall United Kingdom Europe
Member Birte Krogh Denmark Scandinavia Member David Johnson United States North America
Member Steve Jones Canada North America
Member Michael Kruse Germany Western Europe
Member José Maurício Pereira Brazil South America
Member Cza Realubit The Philippines Asia
Member Evans Tembo Zambia Africa
Member Ad Toussaint The Netherlands Western Europe
Member Kevin Zychuk Canada North America