The 'Seed Symposium' of the 23rd ISTA Congress was held at Buenos Aire
s, Argentina in November 1992. This account provides a review of the o
ral and poster papers presented in six sessions under the theme of qua
lity seed for the present and future viz producing quality seed; seed
lot potential performance a) viability, vigour and field performance b
) processing and storage; seed hygiene; seed testing for tropical and
subtropical species; seed programmes for developing regions.