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United States Department of Agriculture
Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Agricultural Marketing Service

Items of Interest in Seed
October 2007
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/seed/LSioiOctober2007.pdf

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Editor’s Notes

• Dr. Craig Morris Named Deputy Administrator of USDA
     Agricultural Marketing Service Livestock and Seed Program

• Fall Trueness-to-Variety Overview

• New Loan Procedure for the Association of Official Seed Analysts
     Master Calibration Samples

• Do’s and Don’ts When Submitting Samples for Service Testing

• The Federal Seed Act -- Section 501-- Title V -- Sale of Uncertified Seed of Protected Varieties

• The Accredited Seed Sampling Program

• Questions and Answers
     Labeling Seed Country of Origin
     Labeling Kidney Bean
     Changing Variety Name of Imported Seed
     Changing Lot Number
     Submitted Quantities for Service Testing

• Federal Seed Act Cases Settled

• Ryegrass Fluorescence List

• Plant Variety Protection Certificate Status

• Seed Segments by Jeri Irwin

• Role of the Seed Coat in Determining Seed Purity in the Cucurbitaceae

• Monogerm and Multigerm Beets: Pure Seed Definitions

• Detection of Fungal Bodies in Bahiagrass Seeds

• 2007 Federal Seed Schools in Gastonia, NC

• Meeting of the International Seed Testing Association

• 2007 Association of Official Seed Analysts-Society of Commercial Seed Technologists Annual Meeting

• Association of American Seed Control Officials Meeting Presentations

• 2007 Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies Annual Meeting

• Calendar of Events

• Directory of Services

Full document: http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/seed/LSioiOctober2007.pdf
 

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