SAVE THE DATE... June 2-6th, 2024 Rapid City, South Dakota The 2024 AOSA/SCST Annual Meeting is rapidly approaching, be sure to save the dates as noted above and plan to join us in South Dakota in June! Registration rates and meeting details will be posted in February. SPECIAL NOTE! Any individual wishing to…
Read MoreOrganized by: The California State Seed Laboratory, Sacramento, CA April 3-5, 2024 The California State Seed Laboratory will be organizing a 3-day Seed ID and Germination workshop in April 2024. The seed ID part will cover approaches for dealing with unknown seeds, identification of some species on the CSA/RST exam…
Read MoreGreetings AOSA & SCST Members, On behalf of the AOSCA Grass Variety Review Board, please see the below memo and chart referencing "Variety Fluorescence Levels Recognized by the AOSCA Grass Variety Review Board". This VFL list accepted as of March 7th, 2013 supersedes all previously dated lists. Please distribute this…
Read MoreSOCIETY OF COMMERCIAL SEED TECHNOLOGISTS February 12th – 16th, 2024 Seed Science, 2115 Osborn Drive, Iowa State University, Ames, IowaSponsored by the SCST Genetic Technology Committee The Society of Commercial Seed Technologists Genetic Testing Super Workshop is held every other year and is the equivalent of five individual workshops in one week. The workshop…
Read MoreDear AOSA and SCST Membership,We are excited to announce that the long-awaited Cultivar Purity Testing Handbook is now available through our website store. You can now purchase the 2023 Cultivar Purity Testing Handbook directly from the website in a digital download or CD format. To purchase, please visit: Cultivar Purity Testing Handbook, 2023 – AnalyzeseedsThank…
Read MoreVolume 90 No. 2 Dear AOSA & SCST Members,The Seed Technologists Newsletter welcomes submissions from our members. The Newsletter is a reflection of what our membership wants to see and the content submitted. Please see the Communications and Publications page on the website for article submission information, or to submit content…
Read MoreDear AOSA & SCST Members, This is a call for your lab’s participation in a referee study for the germination of Kentucky bluegrass (poa pratensis). We plan to send this referee in early February 2024 with a deadline for submitting referee results on April 15th, 2024. This referee will be used…
Read MoreVicky CaldonMarch 3, 1945 ~ October 18, 2023 Vicky was born in Nampa, Idaho on March 3, 1945, to Andrew F. Voigt and Goldie Peterson Voigt. She was raised on a farm East of Nampa and attended country schools until they were consolidated with the Kuna schools. Upon graduating from…
Read MoreDear AOSA & SCST Members,Just a reminder of the third proficiency test over Sample Processes is due December 29th. An easy way to break it down and get it completed is to just work on a couple questions when you have a few minutes of free time. Thank you, Jeanna…
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