b'ASSOCIATION NEWS Figure 3. Sensibility test performed on the second dataset. Each dot corresponds to the identity value obtained after taking out one seed from the grid and replacing it with a seed from another variety. The intercept value for this second dataset is 0.176, which is close to the expected 0.185 theoretical value (1/542 wells). For the first dataset, 0.188 was the experimental intercept value.during CTs, and will also be unified with theVariety Committee Notices We would like to thank all Variety Committee methodology used to analyse data from CTsMany thanks to the leaders of the Lolium project,members and collaborators for their contribution organised by other ISTA Technical Committees.the project on artificial intelligence and theto the Committee work aimed at achieving ISTA Two concepts were introduced, accordance andworking group for the handbook, for the greatgoals.concordance. Accordance is synonymous withwork done so far to achieve Variety Committee repeatability and is defined as the proportion ofand ISTA goals. Thanks to Shaun Bushman fromThe Committee does not currently have any identical results across replicates for a specificUtah USDA for generating the Lolium markersvacancies for new members.laboratory, variety and marker. Concordance isand the data for selecting the best markers. We synonymous with reproducibility and is definedalso give our thanks to the Chair and Vice-ChairIf you are interested in molecular tools for seed as the proportion of matching results across allof the Statistics Committee for their availabilitytesting, please contact us to develop a working pairwise comparisons of laboratories for a givenand help. proposal.marker and variety. The working group plans to complete and release the handbook as soon as possible.SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL OCTOBER 2025 49'