Holland, Michigan
October 30, 2007
Siegers Seed Company is known for trendsetting in the seed
industry, so it’s no surprise that they have adopted a
companywide adaptation to the International Seed Federation’s
(ISF) Recommended Codes for Pest Organisms in Vegetable Crops.
This listing of codes is reviewed and updated yearly by the
Working Group established by the ISF Vegetable and Ornamental
Crops Section. Additionally, it is available for review on
the Siegers Seed Company
website as well as the
International Seed Foundation’s website under the footer of
Phytosanitary Matters or more specifically at
www.worldseed.org/pdf/Codes_2006.pdf under “codes for pest
organisms”.
Owner and President, Rick Siegers states that “these codes can
be confusing and difficult to translate. We do our very best to
make things as easy for our growers as possible. By adopting
these worldwide recognized codes, we will standardize all coding
in our advertising, marketing and sales. This standardization
will keep consistency in our everyday presentation of
resistances / tolerances in the vast number of varieties that we
offer to the commercial vegetable growers. In the past,
different vendors have used different nomenclatures to represent
different diseases. It was tough for the commercial grower to
keep up with who calls what disease what. This will end that
confusion. Now, regardless of the vendor, our growers can
compare “apples to apples” with varieties that they are choosing
for proper slotting in their seasonal planting programs. We hope
that our conversion to this standardization will encourage other
commercial seed distributors, vendors and breeder/producers to
follow suit.”
For more information on Siegers Seed Company or about the
Recommended Codes for Pest Organisms in Vegetable Crops you can
contact your local Siegers Professional Seed Consultant, call
toll free (800)-962-4999 or log on to their website at
www.siegers.com
About Siegers Seed Company - Headquartered in Holland,
Michigan, Siegers Seed Company is a privately held, family
owned, vegetable seed distributor for commercial growers. For
almost one hundred years, they have been committed to helping
commercial growers achieve success by bringing them the right
varieties at the right time to meet specific market needs.
Siegers Seed Company serves commercial vegetable growers in the
Midwest, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeastern United States
as well as Canada. Siegers Seed Company continues to put their
growers first and operate with the honesty, integrity, and
dependability they have for nearly a century. |
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