EUROPEAN-SEED.COM I EUROPEAN SEED I 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Message..................................................................................................04 Column: The Risk Corner.....................................................................................34 INSIDERS - Advice from Industry Experts..........................................................40 Column: Sense, Nonsense and Science.............................................................44 Spotlight: The Seed Sector in Latvia...................................................................64 Global Seed Watch...............................................................................................68 Regulatory News...................................................................................................69 Industry News.......................................................................................................70 Extras ....................................................................................................................71 Giant Views...........................................................................................................72 46 06 europeanseed VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3 Seed Testing: Safeguarding Seed Quality..........................................................06 Room for the use of Bio Molecular Techniques in the DUS Process?..............10 UK View: DUS Testing and Molecular Techniques.............................................14 Industry View: Application of Molecular Techniques in DUS Testing...............18 The IMODDUS Working Group of CPVO...........................................................22 The World According to Groot.............................................................................32 Another Seed for Food Security has Been Sown...............................................36 Supporting the Conservation and Sustainable use of PGRFA..........................46 Innovation, Technologies & Collaboration in Sustainable Agriculture..............50 Global Solutions for Soil Testing.........................................................................54 The Interrelation Between Farmers’ Rights and Breeders’ Rights.....................56 Oat Breeding in Europe........................................................................................60 10