{"id":32435,"date":"2019-05-09T12:26:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T12:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/?page_id=32435"},"modified":"2022-10-17T20:51:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T18:51:00","slug":"seed-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/en\/laboratories\/seed-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory for seed testing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LABORATORY FOR SEED TESTING<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

LABORATORY SERVICES<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The Laboratory for Seed Testing participates in the implementation of research projects and provides individuals, state owned institutions and private companies with comprehensive laboratory services, using modern equipment in the analyses of seed quality of field and vegetable crops, grasses and medicinal plants.<\/p>\n

The Laboratory for Seed Testing conducts analyses of the following parameters of seed quality:<\/p>\n

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  1. Physical and physiological seed traits\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 seed purity, seed germination, seed moisture content, 1000 seed weight, seed viability.<\/li>\n
  2. Seed health\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 detection of fungi, bacteria and viruses<\/li>\n
  3. Verification\u00a0of cultivars and hybrids\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 identification and determination of genetic uniformity of seeds of maize, sunflower, soybean, wheat, barley and other crops, based on reserve proteins and functional proteins \u2013 isoenzymes.<\/li>\n
  4. GMO detection\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 quantitative and qualitative detection of genetic modification (GM) in plant materials and foods using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).\u00a0Qualitative analysis of GM enables detection of genetic modification in a sample, as well as determining the type of genetic modification in soybean, maize, rapeseed, sugar beet, and rice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    ACCREDITATION AND AUTHORIZATION<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    The Laboratory for Seed Testing was accredited in 2003 by the\u00a0Yugoslav Accreditation Body\u00a0(JUAT), according to the standard ISO\/IEC 17025 and the Decision No.01-071. The Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) approves reaccreditation for a four-year period.\u00a0The laboratory was accredited by the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) in 2000, and has been reaccredited for a period of three years since. The most recent ISTA reaccreditation was approved to the Laboratory for Seed Testing in 2021.<\/p>\n

    Organization of laboratory activity and competence of each staff member has significantly improved after the ISTA accreditation.\u00a0The laboratory participates in ISTA interlaboratory comparisons with other accredited laboratories regarding the methods within its scope of accreditation.\u00a0Quality system thereby promotes laboratory development as the key to maintain its competitive advantage in the fierce international market.<\/p>\n

    The Plant Protection Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management granted the Laboratory for Seed Testing authorization to issue OECD certificates which are, as well as ISTA certificates, the important export documents in international seed trade.<\/p>\n

    STAFF<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    The Laboratory for Seed Testing employs 24 staff members: 5 PhDs, 6 BScs, 3 technical assistants, 9 laboratory analysts and one administrative assistant. Between 7,000 and 9,000 samples are tested every year.<\/p>\n

    Seed testing methods change according to the advancement of scientific knowledge. Our researchers monitor the global trends, introduce new seed testing methods, and provide the service that guarantees high quality seed production and protection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":32410,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32435","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40185,"href":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32435\/revisions\/40185"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsseme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}