Dr. Riad Z. Baalbaki
Member
Works in the Seed Laboratory, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
Riad is co-chair of the AOSA Germination Committee and co-chair of the vigor committee
AOSA
International Rules for Seed Testing
germination
- Germination. Germination of a seed in an ISTA test is the emergence and development of the seedling to a stage where the aspect of its essential structures indicates whether or not it is able to develop further into a satisfactory plant under favourable conditions in the field. 2020 International Rules for Seed Testing, (ISTA)
- Germination (seed testing definition).The emergence and development from the seed embryo of those essential structures which, for the kind of seed in question, are indicative of its ability to produce a normal plant under favorable conditions. Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) Rules for Seed Testing, Volume 1, 2019
- Germination (physiological definition). A process involving water uptake, metabolic changes and cell elongation resulting in radicle emergence from the seed. SCST Seed Technologist Training Manual, 2018
