Seed-Related Organization Acronyms
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 |
