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Workshop II: Augustenberg

Building from 1900 made of red sandstone
Agricultural Technology Park Augustenberg

ISTA Workshop on Viability and Germination Testing 

  • Location: Landwirtschaftliches Technologie Zentrum (Agricultural Technology Park) Augustenberg, Germany,
  • Date: 10 to 13 June 2010,
  • Fee: 250 Euro for ISTA-Members and 375 Euro for Non-Members,
  • Please notice: the workshop is booked up.

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Further information and a preliminary programme will follow soon.

Timetable

Thursday 10 June 2010

  • 8:30 - 9:00 Registration of participants, technical and organizational matters,
  • 9:00 - 9:30 Lecture: Germination of Monocots,
    Ronnie Don,
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Exercise: PHordeum vulgare, germination part I,
    Günter Müller,
  • 10:00 - 10:30  Coffee break,
  • 10:30 - 10:45 Lectures: Tetrazolium of Monocots, practical instructions,
    Steffi Krämer,
  • 10:45 - 11:30 Exercise: Tetrazolium of Monocots, preparation of Hordeum and Oryza,
    Steffi Krämer,
  • 11:30 - 12:00 Lectures: Physiological aspects of Dormancy in seed testing,
    Norbert Leist,
  • 12:00 - 13:00  Lunch,
  • 13:00 - 13:45 Lectures: Determination of Viability by the Topographical Tetrazolium Test,
    Norbert Leist,
  • 13:45 - 14:30 Exercise: Hordeum vulgare, Tetrazolium evaluation,
    Steffi Krämer
  • 14:30 - 14:45 Excercise: Hordeum vulgare, germination part II evaluation of fresh seeds,
    Günter Müller
  • 14:45 - 15:15 Coffee break
  • 15:15 - 16:00 Exercise: Oryza sativa, germination,
    Günter Müller
  • 16:00 - 16:45 Exercise: Oryza sativa, Tetrazolium evaluation,
    Steffi Krämer.

Friday 11 June 2010

  • 8:30 - 9:15 Lecture: Chemistry of Tetrazolium salts,
    Norbert Leist,
  • 9:15 - 9:45 Exercise: Lolium multiflorum, Tetrazolium preparation,
    Steffi Krämer,
  • 9:45 - 10:00 Discussion: Items brought up by the participants
  • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
  • 10:30 - 11:15 Exercise: Panicum maximum, Tetrazolium preparation,
    Steffi Krämer,
  • 11:15 - 12:00 Lectures: Physiology and Evaluation of Germination tests,
    Ronnie Don,
  • 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
  • 13:00 - 14:00 Exercise: Lolium multiflorum, Germination evaluation,
    Günter Müller,
  • 14:00 - 14:30 Lecture: Vigour testing by the topographical Tetrazolium test,
    Norbert Leist,
  • 14:30 - 15:00 Coffee break,
  • 15:00 - 15:30 Exercise: Medicago, Selection and Tetrazolium preparation,
    Steffi Krämer,
  • 15:30 - 16:30 Exercise: Lolium multiflorum, TEZ evaluation,
    Steffi Krämer,
  • 16:30 - 17:00 Lecture: Statistical aspects of Germination and Tetrazolium testing,
    Ronnie Don.

Saturday 12 June 2010  

  • 8:30 - 9:15 Exercise: Brachiaria brizantha, Tetrazolium preparation,
    Steffi Krämer,
  • 09:15 - 10:00 Exercise: Brachiaria brizantha, Germination evaluation,
    Günter Müller,
  • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break,
  • 10:45 - 11:30 Lecture: Comparative Evaluation of Germination and Viability in Monocots,
    Norbert Leist, Ronnie Don
  • 11:30 - 12:15 Exercise: Germination Panicum maximum???,
    Günter Müller,
  • 12:15 - 13:15 Lunch,
  • 13:15 - 13:45 Lecture: German Occupation by the Allied Forces in 1945 - the Outset of Worldwide Dissemination of Tetrazolium Testing,
    Adolf M. Steiner
  • 13:45 - 14:15 Exercise: Brachiaria brizantha, Tetrazolium evaluation,
    Steffi Krämer
  • 14:15 - 14:45 Lecture: Germination of Dicots,
    Ronnie Don,
  • 14:45 - 15:15 Coffee break,
  • 15:15 - 16:00 Exercise: Medicago Germination evaluation, Trifolium germination demonstration,
    Günter Müller,
  • 16:00 - 16:30 Exercise: Medicago, Tetrazolium evaluation;
    Steffi Krämer
  • 16:30 - 17:00 Lecture: Quality assurance in germination and viability testing,
    Ronnie Don

Sunday 13 June 2010

  • 8:30 - 9:00 Lecture: Presentation of the ISTA,
    Norbert Leist,
  • 9:00 - 9:30 Exercise: Pisum TEZ evaluation and Vicia faba demonstration,
    Steffi Krämer,
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Discussion: Items brought up by the participants
  • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break,
  • 10:30 - 11:15 Exercise: Vicia faba, Germination evaluation,
    Günter Müller,
  • 11:15 - 11:45 Lecture: Work of ISTA Germination Committee and Handbook,
    Ronnie Don,
  • 11:45 - 12:30 Exercise: Portulacca grandiflora, Germination evaluation,
    Günter Müller,
  • 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch,
  • 13:45 - 14:30 Lecture: Germination procedure and visit of the seed testing lab Augustenberg,
    Andrea Jonitz,
  • 14:30 - 15:15 Lecture: Comparative Evaluation of Germination and Viability in Dicots,
    Norbert Leist / Ronnie Don,
  • 15:15 - 16:00 Lecture: Final discussion,
  • 16:00 - 16:30 Lecture: Closing Ceremony.