Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 12 - AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Chapter 1 - Seed
Section 12 KAR 1:120 - Noxious weed seed

Universal Citation: 12 KY Admin Regs Service 1:120

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024

RELATES TO: KRS 250.081(1)(c) 3

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 250.081(1)(c) 3 requires the director to designate the kinds of weed seed to be considered noxious in Kentucky and to establish their maximum permitted rate of occurrence in agricultural seed. This administrative regulation establishes the kinds of weed seed to be considered noxious in Kentucky and their maximum allowed rate of occurrence for the administration of the Kentucky Seed Law.

Section 1. Noxious Weed Seed.

(1) The following kinds of weed seed shall be designated noxious in Kentucky and the maximum permitted rate of occurrence per pound of agricultural seed shall be as established in the table in this subsection.

Name of Kind

Number of Seed Allowed Per Pound

Balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

0

Purple moonflower (Ipomoea turbinata)

0

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

0

Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense and sorghum almum) and perennial rhizomatous derivatives of these)

0

Quackgrass (Agropyron repens)

0

Annual bluegrass (Poa annua)

256

Buckhorn plantain (Plantago lanceolata)

304

Corncockle (Agrostemma githago)

192

Dodder (Cuscuta spp.)

192

Giant foxtail (Setaria faberii)

192

Oxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)

256

Sorrel (Rumex acetosella)

256

Wild onion and wild garlic (Allium spp.)

96

(2) Other limitations.
(a) Seed that contains in excess of a sum total of 480 noxious weed seed per pound (subject to the limitations established in the table in subsection (1) of this section) shall be prohibited from sale in Kentucky.

(b) There shall be no tolerance applied to prohibited noxious weed seed.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 250.081

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