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 98 - Birdsfoot Trefoil Seed Certification Standards
Section 98.4 - Field standards
Universal Citation: 1 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 98.4
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 requirements. All fields used
for the production of foundation, registered, or certified seed must be
isolated from other strains not meeting purity requirements for certified seed
of the same species in accordance with the distances listed below:
|
Class |
Fields of less than 5 acres | Fields of 5 acres or more |
| Foundation ....... | 80 rods | 80 rods |
| Registered ....... | 40 rods | 40 rods |
| Certified ....... | 20 rods | 10 rods |
| Different generation of same variety ....... | 10 rods | 10 rods |
(3)
Volunteer plants shall be cause for rejection or reclassification of a seed
field.
(4) Seed fields outside the
region of adaptation. Certification of seed fields outside the region 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 varieties 1 ....... | 0.10% | 0.25% | 0.50% |
| Sweet clover ....... | none | none | 80 per acre |
| Objectionable weeds whose seeds are inseparable 2 ....... | none | none | none |
Footnotes
1 Other varieties shall be considered to include offtype plants and plants that can be differentiated from the variety that is being inspected.
2 Objectionable weeds whose seeds are inseparable are dodder (Cuscuta spp.) and bedstraw (Galium aparine), (Galium mollugo) and (Galium verum).
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