The most commonly used acronyms in the seed industry are listed
below:
| AAA |
American Arbitration Association |
| AAN |
American Association of Nurserymen |
| AAS |
All-America Selections |
| AASCO |
Association of American Seed Control
Officials |
| AFGC |
American Forage and Grassland Council |
| AHS |
America Horticulture Society |
| AMS |
Agricultural Marketing Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| AMSAC |
Asociacion Mexicana de Semilleros,
A.C. (Mexican Seed Trade Association) |
| AOSA |
Association of Official Seed Analysts |
| AOSCA |
Association of Official Seed Certifying
Agencies |
| APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, USDA |
| ASA |
American Society of Agronomy |
| ASA |
American Soybean Association |
| ASCONES |
Association of Seed Control Officials
of North Eastern States |
| ASHS |
American Society of Horticultural
Science |
| ASRF |
American Seed Research Foundation |
| ASSINSEL |
International Association of Plant
Breeders for the Protection of Plant Varieties |
| ASTA |
American Seed Trade Association |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of
the Interior |
| CAST |
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology |
| CIAT |
International Center for Tropical Agriculture |
| CIMMYT |
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz
y Trigo (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) |
| CSSA |
Crop Science Society of America |
| CSTA |
Canadian Seed Trade Association |
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOI |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
| DOL |
U.S. Department of Labor |
| DOT |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPPO |
European Plant Protection Organization |
| ESCOP |
Experimental Station Committee on Policy |
| FAO |
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United
Nations |
| FAS |
Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FFA |
Future Farmers of America |
| FIS |
Federation Internationale du Commerce des Semences
(International Seed Trade Federation) |
| FSA |
Federal Seed Act |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs |
| ICRISTAT |
International Crops Research Institute for the
Semi-Arid Tropics |
| IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
| ISNI |
International Seed Network Initiative |
| ISTA |
International Seed Testing Association |
| MSPA |
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
Act |
| MTN |
Multilateral Trade Negotiations |
| NACA |
National Agricultural Chemicals Association |
| NAPPO |
North American Plant Protection Organization |
| NASDA |
National Association of State Departments of
Agriculture |
| NCAE |
National Council of Agricultural Employers |
| NCCPB |
National Council of Commercial Plant Breeders |
| NFPA |
National Food Processors Association |
| NISARC |
National Industry-State Agricultural Research
Council |
| NPGRB |
National Plant Genetics Resources Board |
| NSHS |
National Seed Health System |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PVP |
Plant Variety Protection |
| PVPA |
Plant Variety Protection Act |
| PVPO |
Plant Variety Protection Office, USDA |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| SASDA |
Southern Association of State Departments of
Agriculture |
| SBA |
Small Business Administration |
| SCS |
Soil Conservation Service, USDA |
| SCST |
Society of Commercial Seed Technologists |
| SSSA |
Soil Science Society of America |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural
Organization |
| UPOV |
International Union for Protection of New Varieties
of Plants |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGC |
U.S. Grains Council |
| WASCO |
Western Association of Seed Control Officials |
| WASDA |
Western Association of State Departments of Agriculture |
| WSSA |
Weed Science Society of America |
