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 116 - Alfalfa Seed Certification Standards
Section 116.4 - Field standards

Universal Citation: 1 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 116.4

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

(a) General.

(1) Unit of certification.

A portion of a field may be certified if the area to be certified is clearly defined. Portions of a field not meeting requirements for certification must not be allowed to reach the seed stage.

(2) Isolation.

A field producing foundation, registered or certified seed must have the minimum isolation distance from fields of any other variety or fields of the same variety that do not meet the varietal purity requirements for certification, as given in the following table:

Class

Fields of less than five acres

Fields of five acres or more
Foundation ....... 80 rods 80 rods
Registered ....... 40 rods 20 rods
Certified ....... 20 rods 10 rods
Between different seed classes of same variety except the certified class of nonhardy southwest varieties ....... 10 rods 10 rods

(3) Volunteer plants.

Volunteer plants shall be cause for rejection or reclassification of a seed field.

(4) Seed fields outside region of adaptation. Certification of seed fields outside regions of adaptation of a variety shall be limited to stands not exceeding six years of age.

(b) Specific requirements.

Maximum permitted in each class

Factor

 Foundation Registered Certified
Other varieties1 ....... 0.2% 0.5% 1.0%
Sweet clover ....... none 10 plants per acre 160 plants per acre

Footnotes

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

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