Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Agency 10 - STATE CERTIFIED SEED BOARD
Chapter 10 - RULES AND REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF SEEDS AND OTHER MATERIALS USED FOR PLANT PROPAGATION PURPOSES
Part II - Certification Standards for Specific Crops
Section 2VAC10-10-150 - Small grain certification standards
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. General standards. The general standards as adopted in this chapter are basic and apply to small grain.
B. Land requirements. A crop of small grain will not be eligible for certification if planted on land on which a small grain crop was grown the year previous except a crop of the same variety grown from certified seed.
In fields double-cropped, neither or the two crops grown in the previous calendar year shall have been the same kind as the crop being inspected, unless they were grown from a class of certified seed of the same variety.
C. Field standards.
| Maximum Permitted in Each Class | |||
| Factor | Foundation | Registered | Certified |
| Other Varieties | None | 1:5000 (0.02%) | 1:2000 (0.05%) |
| *Inseparable Other Crops | None | None | 10 plants per acre |
| Inseparable Objectional Weeds | None except trace of onion | None except trace of onion | None except trace of onion and trace cockle |
| **Seed-borneDiseases | 1:20,000 (.005%) | 1:10,000 (0.01%) | 1:200 (0.5%) |
| *Inseparable other crops shall include crop plants, the seed of which cannot be thoroughly removed by the usual methods of cleaning. No rye in other small grains permitted. | |||
| **No tolerance for stinking smut in wheat. | |||
D. Seed standards
| Standards for Each Class | ||||
| Factor | Foundation | Registered | Certified | |
| Pure Seed (minimum) | ||||
| Wheat, Barley | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | |
| *Oats, Rye | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | |
| Inert Matter (maximum) | ||||
| Wheat, Barley, Triticale | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
| *Oats, Rye | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | |
| Weed Seeds | .01% | .02% | .05% | |
| **Objectionable Weed Seeds | 1/16 per oz. | 1/12 per oz. | 1/8 per oz. | |
| ***Other Crops | None | None | .05% | |
| Other Varieties | None | .01% | .05% | |
| Germination | ||||
| Barley, Oats | 90.0% | 90.0% | 90.0% | |
| Wheat, Rye | 85.0% | 85.0% | 85.0% | |
| Nematodes | None | None | None | |
| *The purity standard for oats may be 98%; provided not more than 1%; of the impurities consist of impurities other than empty glumes. | ||||
| **May include wild onion bulblets and wild mustard at the rate of not more than 1/16 per ounce for foundation; 1/12 per ounce for registered; 1/8 per ounce for certified. No corn cockle shall be included in this percentage. | ||||
| ***Registered small grain may contain .01% of the following other crop seed, red clover, lespedeza, orchardgrass, fescue, timothy and rye grass. | ||||
Statutory Authority
§§ 3.2-4024 of the Code of Virginia.
