Descriptive and Illustrated Collection of Weed Seeds: A new publication from GEVES The first seed-book collection

摘要

The French 'Collection descriptive et illustrée des principales semences de mauvaises herbes' was first published in December 1999 by GEVES. Five years from its publication, the French version continues to be a success in France and is sold abroad (e.g. in Denmark, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Chile). The English version is now available. Every year about 17000 purity analysis and 11 000 determinations of other seed by number are carried ont at the SNES. In the field of seed training, 60 seed technicians (analysts of private firms) and 80 students participate each year in the training sessions organised by the SNES. On the basis of this experience of seed analyses and training of seed analysts, we became involved with the creation of the 'Descriptive and Illustrated Collection of Weed Seeds' with the intention of creating a valid tool for seed laboratories. Seed specialists who carry out purity analyses can find this collection both interesting and useful, its utility being that it can be usednot only for identification of weed seeds found in samples, but also for specialist training purposes. This work also represents today our Seed Reference Collection for our Quality Assurance System.