Section IV consists of 48 colleagues coming from departments of investigation, research, consulting and seed companies.
Chief tasks of section IV are:
- the screening, development, discussion, validation, documentation, implementation and application of standardised test methods for seeds,
- the strengthening of member expertise, in particular by conducting workshops and comparative studies,
- the exchange of experience and information between the members of the section in order to promote utilisation of new scientific findings,
- the representation of German seed scientists and seed analysts in the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) and other international associations as well as the European Union,
- the translation of the ISTA international rules for seed testing into German,
- the scientific and technical counselling and monitoring of seed-oriented legislation.
1. Chairwoman: Dr. Berta Killermann
Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture Institute for crop farming and plant cultivation/ seed investigation/ seed research
Lange Point 6, laboratory 2, 85345 Freising, Germany
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Phone: +49.8161.71.3953 Fax: +49.8161.71.4407
2. Chairwoman: Dr. Elke Nitschke
Landesbetrieb Hessisches Landeslabor,
Abteilung Landwirtschaft und Umwelt
Am Versuchsfeld 11-13, 34128 Kassel, Germany
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