Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part V - Bureau of Plant Industry
Chapter 115 - STANDARDS FOR SEED CERTIFICATION
Subchapter H - LEGUME CROP
FIELD STANDARDS
Section 115.232 - Isolation requirements
Universal Citation: 7 PA Code ยง 115.232
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) For a seed field to be eligible for production of Foundation or Certified seed it shall be isolated from other strains of the same species which flower at the same time, in accordance with the following requirements:
| Class | Fields Less Than Five Acres (feet) | Fields More Than Five Acres (feet) |
| Foundation | 1320 | 1320 |
| Certified | 330 | 165 |
| Between different seed classes of same variety | 165 | 165 |
(b) Flatpea-Isolation of 660 feet from other varieties of Lathyrus Sylvestrus or other species of Lathyrus or Vicia. 1320 feet for production of foundation seed.
(c) Isolation from fields and fence rows inside of the minimum distances may be accomplished by mowing these fields and fence rows before flowering starts in the fields entered for certification.
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