b'ASSOCIATION NEWS Figure 5. Radicle emergence (RE) after 48 hours at 20 C, represented in boxplots per laboratory for ten Brassica seed lots4. Khajeh-Hosseini, M., Nezami, A., Fallahpour,Vigour Committee Notices Thirteen Committee members will continue to F., Hosseini-Hodk, S. and Mohammadniya, M.A joint ISTA workshop is planned with thedevelop and discuss vigour testing; two have (2024). Chickpea seed production: a comparativeGermination Committee in December 2025.resigned (Stan Matthews and Jaana Laurila) study of transplanting method in organic andand three have joined. A special thank you is conventional farming systems. Proceedings of theaddressed to Professor Stan Matthews who has 21st Organic World Congress, 30 Nov6 Dec 2024,inspired and motivated all of the current Vigour Chiayi County, Taiwan. Committee members.5. Shinohara, T., Ducournau, S., Matthews, S., Wagner, M.-H. and Powell, A.A. (2024). Manual and automated counts of early radicle emergence assess differences in seed vigour and normal germination in four vegetable Brassicaceae species. Seed Science and Technology, 52, 116.52 SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL www.seedtest.org'