Workshops and Meetings
 

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Current Workshops:
 ISAA Summer Workshop
Annual Meeting Workshops
 Federal Seed Schools
 Iowa State University Seed Science Center 2010 Workshops
 Locations of Annual Meetings 1908 to present

Idaho Seed Analysts Association Workshop
July 26-27, 2010
Boise, ID

Workshop will cover: Uniform classification of crop and weed seed. New rules for sweet corn germination. Noxious weeds and look-a-likes. Pure seed unit and inert separations, plus more separations and germinations.  he current rule for germination calculation will be covered.  There will be guest lectures on Entomology and Pathology.

Agenda (PDF)   Workshop Registration (Excel)   Workshop Registration (PDF)

Upcoming Federal Seed Schools
May 10-14 & August 16-20, 2010
Gastonia, NC

The Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch will host two Federal Seed Schools this year at our facility in Gastonia, NC, May 10-14, and August 16-20, 2010.  The first three days of both of these seed schools will focus on purity and identification of similar crop and weed species, with emphasis on identification of noxious-weed seeds.  Other topics such as the uniform blowing procedure and ryegrass fluorescence will be covered.  The last two days of the week will focus on variety testing, including trait testing, and seed health testing such as detection of seed treatments by bioassay methods, depending upon the interest of the participants.

These seed schools are open to seed analysts from private and government seed testing laboratories.  Presentation of topics will be on a level appropriate for experienced seed analysts. Enrollment at each of the seed schools will be limited to 20 participants due to the hands-on nature of the topics and one-on-one attention from the instructors.  Participants from non-government laboratories will be charged a fee of $160 ($32 per day).

For more information about these seed schools or to request a pre-registration sheet, please contact Botanist Pattsy Jackson at pattsy.jackson@ams.usda.gov or Laboratory Supervisor Susan Maxon at susan.maxon@ams.usda.gov.

Seed grader and/or quality management training may also be available the last two days of each week if there is sufficient interest.  For information on cost and registration for seed grader training or quality management training, please contact Perry Bohn at perry.bohn@ams.usda.gov.

Pre-registration May                      Pre-registration August

Iowa State University
Seed Science Center
2010 Workshops
Ames, IA
www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/seedscience/home.html

Seed Quality Workshops
Purity Testing Short Course April 19 - 23
Germination Testing Short Course April 26 - 30
Seed Quality Workshop August 18 - 19

Seed Conditioning Workshops
Commercial Popcorn May 26 - 27
Color Sorting - Satake I June 7 - 8
Color Sorting - Satake II June 9 -10
Commercial Seed Corn June 21 - 24
Seed Treatment June 30 - July 1
Soybean & Small Grain Seed I July 12 - 15
Soybean & Small Grain Seed I July 26 - 29
Gravity Separation I August 3
Gravity Separation II August 5
Research Seed Corn August 10 - 12

2010 Annual Meeting- St. Louis, MO.
June 7 - June 10, 2010
Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark

LOCATIONS OF AOSA ANNUAL MEETINGS FROM 1908 TO PRESENT
 

1908 -

Washington, D.C.

 

1909 -

Boston, MA

1910 -

Washington, D.C.

  

1911 -

Columbus, OH

1912 -

Washington, D.C.

  

1913 -

Washington, D.C.

1914 -

Washington, D.C.

  

1915 -

Columbus, OH

1916 -

Minneapolis, MN

 

1917 -

Detroit, MI

1918 -

?

  

1919 -

St. Louis, MO

1920 -

Chicago, IL

 

1921 -

Toronto, Ontario

1922 -

Chicago, IL

 

1923 -

Cincinnati, OH

1924 -

Washington, D.C.

 

1925 -

Kansas City, MO

1926 -

Ithaca, NY

 

1927 -

Detroit, MI

1928 -

New York, NY

 

1929 -

Des Moines, IA

1930 -

Cleveland, OH

 

1931 -

Toronto, Ontario

1932 -

Fargo, ND

 

1933 -

Chicago, IL

1934 -

?

 

1935 -

St. Paul, MN

1936 -

Rochester, NY

 

1937 -

Washington, D.C.

1938 -

Guelph, Ontario

 

1939 -

Madison, WI

1940 -

Auburn, AL

 

1941 -

Ames, IA

1942 -

Lexington, KY

 

1943 -

?

1944 -

Columbus, OH

 

1945 -

?

1946 -

East Lansing, MI

 

1947 -

Richmond, VA

1948 -

Springfield, IL.

 

1949 -

Corvallis, OR

1950 -

Washington, D.C.

 

1951 -

Guelph, Ontario

1952 -

West Lafayette, IN

 

1953 -

Lincoln, NE

1954 -

Ames, IA

 

1955 -

Stillwater, OK

1956 -

Sacramento, CA

 

1957 -

Baton Rouge, LA

1958 -

Montreal, Quebec

 

1959 -

Bozeman, MT

1960 -

Springfield, IL.

  

1961 -

Richmond, VA

1962 -

Miami, FL

 

1963 -

Ft. Collins, CO

1964 -

Rochester, NY

 

1965 -

Lexington, KY

1966 -

Vancouver, BC

 

1967 -

Madison, WI

1968 -

Atlanta, GA

 

1969 -

Sacramento, CA

1970 -

Jefferson City, MO

 

1971 -

Raleigh, NC

1972 -

Salt Lake City, UT

  

1973 -

Ottawa, Ontario

1974 -

Little Rock, AR

 

1975 -

Portland, OR

1976 -

Hershey, PA

 

1977 -

Amherst, MD

1978 -

Lincoln, NE

  

1979 -

Saskatoon, SK

1980 -

Des Moines, IA

 

1981 -

Orlando, FL

1982 -

Corpus Christi, TX

  

1983 -

Ottawa, Ontario

1984 -

Boise, ID

  

1985 -

Richmond, VA

1986 -

Minneapolis, MN

 

1987 -

Sacramento, CA

1988 -

Rochester, NY

 

1989 -

Peoria, IL

1990 -

Annapolis, MD

 

1991 -

Lexington, KY

1992 -

Oklahoma City, OK

 

1993 -

Ft. Collins, CO

1994 -

Portland, OR

 

1995 -

Sacramento, CA

1996 -

Milwaukee, WI

 

1997 -

Savannah, GA

1998 -

Boise, ID

 

1999 -

Omaha, NE

2000 -

Ames, IA

 

2001 -

Albuquerque, NM

2002- Sioux Falls, SD   2003- Seattle, WA
2004- Tunica, MS   2005- Saskatoon, SK
2006- Indianapolis, IN   2007- Cody, WY
2008- St. Paul, MN*   2009- Fort Collins, CO
         

* scheduled

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