Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 25 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY
Chapter 7 - NEBRASKA SEED LAW REGULATIONS
Section 25-7-008 - Adopt Rules for Testing Seeds

The official methods and tolerances adopted by the Association of Official Seed Analysts, entitled "Rules for Testing Seeds", which includes the Seedling Evaluation Handbook and the Uniform Classification of Weed and Crop Seeds and the methods of inspecting, handling and sampling of all seeds as published by the Association of American Seed Control Officials in the "Handbook on Seed Sampling", provided such publications are not in conflict with the Nebraska Seed Law, shall be the official methods and tolerances of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture for the methods of inspecting, handling and sampling all seeds, the methods of examining, analyzing and testing seed samples in the laboratory and the methods of computing tolerances of purity analyses, germination tests, tetrazolium (TZ) test, and Pure Live Seed (PLS) and rates of occurrence of noxious weed seeds. Section 5.5 of the Rules for Testing Seeds shall be utilized when computing tolerances for percentages of Pure Live Seed (PLS) and tetrazolium (TZ). A copy of these publications are attached hereto as Appendix A and incorporated herein by reference and are hereby adopted and promulgated and may be used.