In this year， one researcher of TSS attended two ISTA workshops on 8-21 Sept.，2012 in Canada . The Seed Vigour Testing workshop was hold by 20/20 Seed Labs(Accredited Code: CA10) in Edmonton， and the Seed Germination Testing workshop was hold by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) (Accredited Code: CA08) in Saskatoon. The participators in these ISTA workshops came from Canada， U.S.A.， U.K.， Germany， France， Netherlands，Australia， Japan， Taiwan， etc. The programs in these ISTA workshops include the introduction of ISTA and ISTA rules， seed vigour testing methods (Conductivity Test， Radicle Emergence Test， Controlled Deterioration and Accelerated Ageing Tests)， seed germination testing methods (monocotyledon including wheat， canary grass， tall fescue， corn。and dicotyledon including soybean， sunflower， lentil， alfalfa， flax canola， lettuce)， quality assurance， how to fill out the ISTA certificate， visit the CFIA’s seed testing laboratory， visit National Seed Herbarium， seed purity analysis methods (cereals， pulses， brassica crops)。
In this year， one researcher of TSS attended two ISTA workshops on 8-21 Sept.，2012 in Canada . The Seed Vigour Testing workshop was hold by 20/20 Seed Labs(Accredited Code: CA10) in Edmonton， and the Seed Germination Testing workshop was hold by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) (Accredited Code: CA08) in Saskatoon. The participators in these ISTA workshops came from Canada， U.S.A.， U.K.， Germany， France， Netherlands，Australia， Japan， Taiwan， etc. The programs in these ISTA workshops include the introduction of ISTA and ISTA rules， seed vigour testing methods (Conductivity Test， Radicle Emergence Test， Controlled Deterioration and Accelerated Ageing Tests)， seed germination testing methods (monocotyledon including wheat， canary grass， tall fescue， corn。and dicotyledon including soybean， sunflower， lentil， alfalfa， flax canola， lettuce)， quality assurance， how to fill out the ISTA certificate， visit the CFIA’s seed testing laboratory， visit National Seed Herbarium， seed purity analysis methods (cereals， pulses， brassica crops)。