b'TRAINING AND EDUCATIONISTA Workshop on Seed Identification andPurity Analysis 24 July 2025, Montevideo, UruguayDr Ruojing Wang1 and Dr Vanessa Sosa21Head of Seed Science and Technology Section, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada2Laboratory Manager, INASE, UruguayParticipants, organisers and authorities of the ISTA workshop on Seed Identification and PurityPractical workAnalysis held at INASE in Montevideo, Uruguay in July 2025THE ISTA PURITY COMMITTEE WASThe aim of the workshop was to provide training,in Brassicaceae and small legumesINVITED BY INASE URUGUAY (Institutoresources and a forum for intermediate-levelSteps on the identification of unknown seedsNacional de Semillas) to hold a workshop onanalysts or other professionals in a seed testingPurity analysis and other seed determinations Seed Identification and Purity Analysis. Thelaboratory. The workshop also prioritised theaccording to the International Rules for Seed workshop took place in July 2025, organised bydevelopment of participants skills, providingTesting (ISTA Rules)Vanessa Sosa (Manager of the ISTA accreditedtools and resources, as well as an understandingISTA Pure Seed Definition (PSD) understanding INASE Seed Laboratory) and her staff. This wasof purity analysis and other seed determination. and exercisethe first bilingual purity workshop undertakenTesting coated seedsby ISTA, with a simultaneous EnglishSpanishThe workshop covered the following topics:translation service provided, a key factor thatHow to build seed identification resources andThe lecturers were Ruojing Wang (ISTA Purity enabled a smooth, high-quality course deliveryreferences Committee past Chair; Head of Seed Science and actively promoted meaningful interactionSeed features of common plant families and Technology Section, Canadian Food between the participants and the lecturers. Seed morphology and identification of speciesInspection Agency [CFIA]); Augusto Martinelli 80 SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL www.seedtest.org'