b'and were looking at whether to make it part of a package withisnt a standardized germination testing protocol for it though, disease testing. but the ISTA Germination Technical Committee is trying to To speed up purity analysis at 20/20, Foster may addchange that. The committee, which SGS Canada currently has a more cameras to workstations. This set-up, where a cameraseat on, is working on this by examining and validating growing is positioned to capture the view of the microscope, meansmedias, temperature regime and test duration, says SGSs seed analysts can do their work looking at a screen instead ofManager of Business Development Holly Gelech. through the microscope. In addition, SGS Sherwood Park staff are currently It speeds up the analysis for our customers and helps relieveparticipating in a validation study for ISTAs Varietal neck strain, Foster notes. We already have two microscopesIdentification Technical Committee on test methods for oat and set up with cameras and its also an excellent training tool.pea varietal confirmation. They have also done extensive work with ISTA in the past on wheat and barley.New Test Parameters Some of the SGS Brookings staff serve on the ISTAs Wild In January 2020, wheat was added to the official list of cropsSpecies Working Group, which is aiming to create a website approved for the radical emergence test by the Internationalto house and disseminate information about testing seeds of Seed Testing Association (ISTA). This test is a furtherwild/native species as there are currently no published testing determination of vigour where the speed of radical emergencemethods for many of them. Gelech explains these species are from the seed is measuredthe faster and more uniform thiscommonly used in land reclamation projects, which is where occurs, the more vigorous the seed. The test has been availableareas where resources such as oil have been extracted are for canola and corn for about five years.brought back to a natural state.It provides a better comfort level for determining vigour,In January, SGS Sherwood Park began offering dust-off explains Morgan Webb, owner and senior seed analyst at Seedtestingthe first Canadian commercial lab to do so. Check Technologies in Leduc, Alta. Its also helpful in makingIts a measurement of the amount of seed treatment that decisions about seed lots. That is, if your germination rate iscomes off the seed through a standardized air flow, which good but vigour is showing signs of dropping, its a good ideaprovides an evaluation of various seed treatment application to use that lot this year. You dont want to keep that lot for nextmethods and seed treatments, Gelech explains. The service year as its vigour will continue to worsen. has been offered by commercial seed testing labs in the U.S. for Webb would like to see barley added to the official list for thismany years. We are starting to see interest grow for the test from test as soon as possible.seed treating companies and we expect more interest post-Weve been doing unofficial radical emergence testing onharvest.barley for a few years and it tends to have more vigour problems than wheat, he explains. Its susceptible to pre-sprouting andOther Tests and Techthat can affect vigour. Currently, ISTAs Recognition of Export Grain Analysis by Authorized Laboratories (REGAL) program only covers testing Quinoa, Oat, Peas and Native Speciesof cereal seeds for export in Canada, but other crops may be Quinoa production is on the rise in Western Canada. There stilladded in the future. 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