Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 2 - AGRICULTURAL SEED
Section 4-2-9a - Restricted weed seeds
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) The seeds of the following plant species shall not be present in agricultural seed at a rate per pound in excess of the number shown in the below chart:
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Seeds per Pound |
silverleaf nightshade |
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. |
45 |
Carolina horsenettle |
Solanum carolinense L. |
45 |
dock |
Rumex spp. |
45 |
oxeye daisy |
Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. |
45 |
perennial sowthistle |
Sonchus arvensis L. |
45 |
giant foxtail |
Setaria faberi R.A.W. Herrm. |
45 |
hairy chess |
Bromus commutatus L. |
45 |
cheat |
Bromus secalinus L. |
45 |
buckhorn plantain |
Plantago lanceolata L. |
45 |
wild onion or garlic |
Allium spp. |
18 |
charlock |
Sinapsis arvensis L. |
18 |
wild mustards |
Brassica spp. |
18 |
treacle |
Erysimum spp. |
18 |
wild carrot |
Daucus carota L. |
18 |
morning glory |
Ipomoea spp. |
18 |
hedge bindweed |
Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br. |
18 |
dodder* |
Cuscuta spp. |
18 |
field pennycress |
Thlaspi arvense L. |
18 |
wild oats |
Avena fatua L. |
9 |
climbing milkweed |
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers. |
9 |
jointed goatgrass |
Aegilops cylindrica Host |
9 |
black nightshade complex |
Solanum ptychanthum Dunal |
9 |
S. Americanum Mill. |
9 |
|
S. sarrachoides Sendtn. |
9 |
|
S. nigrum L. |
9 |
|
S. interius Rydb. |
9 |
|
wild buckwheat |
Fallopia convolvulus L. |
9 |
velvetleaf |
Abutilon theophrasti Medik. |
9 |
cocklebur |
Xanthium spp. |
9 |
Caucasian bluestem |
Bothriochloa bladhii |
2 |
yellow bluestem |
Bothriochloa ischaemum |
2 |
*except lespedeza seed other than sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) which may contain 45 dodder seeds per pound |
(b) The total number of restricted weed seeds present per pound of agricultural seed shall not exceed 150 in the following agricultural seeds:
(c) The total number of hairy chess and cheat seeds present per pound of agricultural seed shall not exceed 2,500 in the following agricultural seeds:
(d) For all other agricultural seeds, the total number of restricted weed seeds present per pound of agricultural seed shall not exceed 90.