According to Farmers' Daily in Sep. 5,
China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) required all local agriculture
departments in China to have inspections on seed-breeding bases of the year
2016 and to assure the supply of wheat seed, in order to strengthen the
inspection on seed-breeding bases of different crops and the original seed
market, to fight against illegal productions in seed-breeding bases and fake
seed brands and products, and to make sure the security of seed supply.
According to MOA, a thorough inspection
should be done in seed-breeding bases of corn in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region, Gansu Province, Ningxia Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and
Shaanxi Province and seed-breeding bases of rice in 16 provinces or regions
including Jilin Province, Liaoning Province, Heilongjiang Province, Jiangsu
Province, Zhejiang Province, Anhui Province, Fujian Province and so on.
It is required that during the inspection,
all local agriculture departments shall check whether the seed enterprises is
qualified to produce seed, whether the seed productions are legal to produce
and whether the production is completely registered. All local agriculture
departments shall verify on the production areas and inspect on the product
samples.
MOA would have spot checks on the product
samples from some of the provinces and regions based on the inspections by all
local agriculture departments. MOA would have tests on seed genuineness and genetically
modified detection on the sample products of corn and rice.
Seed genuineness shall be tested through SSR
marker method according to Protocol for
the identification of maize varieties -- SSR Marker Method (NY/T 1432-2014) and
Protocol for identification of rice varieties—SSR marker method (NY/T 1433-2014).
While genetically modified detection shall be done through quick detection. The
testers shall use Cry1Ac/Ab test strips to have quick detection on genetically
modified ingredients.
In addition, all local agriculture
departments shall assure the supply of wheat seed. Thorough inspections should
be done on seed tags, registration information, seed genuineness and so on.
All local agriculture departments shall
collect and analyze the information of the amount of seed and seed prices; they
shall master and disclose immediately all information of seeds such as its
types, amount, prices, supply and demand.
Seed quality from different enterprises
shall be guarded. Quality of all seeds should be checked and the unqualified
seeds are not allowed to flow into the market.
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