Project number: 18.00.12.01.02

Quality Assurance for Seed of All Species of Cultivated and Wild Plants for the Seed Market

The provision of high-quality seed is essential for continued progress in plant breeding. Every year, the International Seed Testing Association-accredited laboratory of the Seed Quality Research Group tests the quality of around 5500 domestic and foreign seed samples, and issues national and international certificates for the seed trade. The (raised) Swiss VESKOF Quality Requirements (Swiss-Seed Rules) for agricultural seed are of importance in this context.

Research priorities for the refinement of seed-quality testing methodologies are developed in cooperation with partners from the seed-breeding and -production, food-safety and organic-farming sectors, such as e.g. the development of specific testing methods for native wild plants, or the efficacy testing of alternative seed-treatment methods.

International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)

Bänziger I., Panzetti C., Büttner-Mainik A., Hebeisen T.
Ergebnisse Gesundheitsuntersuchungen Getreidesaatgut Ernte 2021.
In: AG Biosaatgut. 14.09., Delley, swisssem. 2021, 1-21.

Waskow A., Butscher D., Oberbossel G., Klöti D., Rudolf von Rohr, P., Büttner-Mainik A., Drissner D., Schuppler M.
Low‑energy electron beam has severe impact on seedling development compared to cold atmospheric pressure plasma.
Scientific Reports, online, (12 August), 2021, 1-13.

Hebeisen T., Ballmer T.
Saatgutproduktion von Futterpflanzen 2020.
In: AG Futterpflanzen. 16.11., Delley - swisssem. 2020.

Bänziger I., Panzetti C., Scherrer A., Hebeisen T.
Vorläufige Ergebnisse der Gesundheitstests von Biosaatgetreide der Kampagne 2020.
In: AG Biosaatgut. 10.09., Delley - swisssem. 2020, 1-17.

Waskow A., Betschart J., Butscher D., Oberbossel G., Klöti D., Büttner-Mainik A., Adamcik J., Rudolf von Rohr P. , Schuppler M.
Characterization of efficiency and mechanisms of cold atmospheric pressure plasma decontamination of seeds for sprout production.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 2018, 1-15.

Klaus S., Kägi A., Hebeisen T.
Übersicht Gesundheitsuntersuchungen & Verfügbarkeit von Biogetreidesaatgut.
In: Besprechung Arbeitsgruppe Biosaatgut von swisssem. 06.09., Delley, AG Biosaatgut. 2018.

Amrein D.
Influence of mycorrhizal fungi on the in-vitro culture of Ophrys sphegodes ssp. araneola.
In: Scientific Seed Symposium - Testing Methods and Research on Seed Quality. 10-12 April, Publ. IPK, Gatersleben. 2018, 1.

Hebeisen T., Büttner-Mainik A., Rüfenacht C., Camp K.-H., Foiada F., Meier J.
Experiences with hybrid barley seed production in Switzerland.
In: 68. Tagung der Vereinigung der Pflanzenzüchter und Saatgutkaufleute Österreichs. 20.11., Publ. Vereinigung der Pflanzenzüchter und Saatgutkaufleute Österreichs, Raumberg-Gumpenstein. 2017, 1-80.

Scheler C., Weitbrecht K., Pearce S., Hampstead A., Büttner-Mainik A., Lee K., Voegele A., Oracz K., Dekkers B., Wang X., Wood A., Bentsink L., King J., Paul J., Knox P. and others
Promotion of testa rupture during garden cress germination involves seed compartment-specific expression and activity of pectin methylesterases.
Plant Physiology, 167, (1), 2015, 200-215.

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