Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XIII - Seeds
Chapter 7 - Certification of Specific Crops/Varieties
Subchapter A - Grasses and Clovers
Section XIII-725 - Vetch Seed Certification Standards (Formerly Section 221)

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XIII-725

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Classes of Vetch Seed

1. Non-Reseeding Varieties. Recognized certified seed classes shall be breeder, foundation, registered and certified vetch seed.

2. Hard-Seeded Varieties. Whenever a field of hard-seeded vetch has been established to produce either breeder, foundation, registered or certified seed, the same certified seed class can be produced from that field as long as it remains in production and meets minimum seed certification standards.

B. Field Inspection. Field inspection shall be made at flowering time or before harvest when off-types and varietal mixtures can best be identified.

C. Field Standards

Factor

Foundation

Registered

Certified

Land Requirement

5 yrs.

3 yrs.

2 yrs.

Isolation Self-Pollinating Varieties Cross-Pollinating Varieties

10 ft.

10 ft.

10 ft.

400 ft.

400 ft.

400 ft.

Other Varieties and Off-Types

1 per 1,000

1 per 400

1 per 100

Other Crops

1 per 4,000

1 per 2,000

1 per 400

Noxious Weeds (inseparable)

None

None

None

D. Seed Standards

Factor

Foundation

Registered

Certified

Pure Seed

98.00%

98.00%

98.00%

Inert Matter

2.00%

2.00%

2.00%

Total Other Crops

0.35%

0.75%

1.50%

Other Varieties

0.10%

0.25%

1.00%

Noxious Weeds

None

None

None

Other Weeds

0.10%

0.25%

0.25%

Germination

80.00%

80.00%

80.00%

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1433.

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