New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter III - Plant Industry
Subchapter A - Inspection and Sale of Seeds (Article 9, Agriculture and Markets Law)
Part 100 - Elementary and Secondary Education School Program
Section 100.4 - Field standards

Universal Citation: 1 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 100.4

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

(a) General.

(1) A seed field shall be considered the unit for certification. A strip at least five feet in width and which is mowed, uncropped, or planted to some crop other than the kind in question shall constitute a field boundary.

(2) Isolation requirement.

All fields used for the production of foundation, registered, or certified seed must be isolated from other strains of the same species in accordance with the distance listed below:

Foundation Registered Certified
All cross pollinated species (Broomegrass, Timothy, etc.) ....... 80 rods 40 rods 20 rods

(b) Specific requirements.

Maximum permitted in each class

Foundation

Registered

Certified
Other varieties 1 ....... none 0.25% 0.50%

(c) Eligible sources of seed.

Certified seed of grasses shall not be planted for the growing of certified seed. Foundation seed shall be planted for the growing of registered seed and either foundation or registered seed shall be planted for the growing of certified seed.

Footnotes

1 Other varieties shall be considered to include offtype plants that can be differentiated from the variety being inspected.

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