La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XIII-725

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XIII-725 - Vetch Seed Certification Standards (Formerly Section 221)

A. Classes of Vetch Seed

1. Non-Reseeding Varieties. Recognized certified seed classes shall be breeder, foundation, registered and certified vetch seed.

2. Hard-Seeded Varieties. Whenever a field of hard-seeded vetch has been established to produce either breeder, foundation, registered or certified seed, the same certified seed class can be produced from that field as long as it remains in production and meets minimum seed certification standards.

B. Field Inspection. Field inspection shall be made at flowering time or before harvest when off-types and varietal mixtures can best be identified.

C. Field Standards

Factor	Foundation	Registered	Certified
Land Requirement	5 yrs.	3 yrs.	2 yrs.
Isolation Self-Pollinating Varieties Cross-Pollinating Varieties	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.
	400 ft.	400 ft.	400 ft.
Other Varieties and Off-Types	1 per 1,000	1 per 400	1 per 100
Other Crops	1 per 4,000	1 per 2,000	1 per 400
Noxious Weeds (inseparable)	None	None	None

D. Seed Standards

Factor	Foundation	Registered	Certified
Pure Seed	98.00%	98.00%	98.00%
Inert Matter	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Total Other Crops	0.35%	0.75%	1.50%
Other Varieties	0.10%	0.25%	1.00%
Noxious Weeds	None	None	None
Other Weeds	0.10%	0.25%	0.25%
Germination	80.00%	80.00%	80.00%

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XIII-725

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Seed Commission, LR 9:205 (April 1983), amended LR 10:737 (October 1984), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Seed Commission, LR 12:825 (December 1986, repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission, LR 39:2722 (October 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1433.