Current through September 17, 2024
Section 25-7-005 - Time Period for Germination Tests005.01 New germination tests on seed described in section 81-2, 147.02(5)(l) of the Nebraska Seed Law shall be tested each fifteen months. All other new germination tests on agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed shall be obtained on carry-over seed each nine months, except for those seeds as listed in 005.02 which shall be tested each twelve months, and hermetically sealed seed which shall be retested for germination after thirty-six months. For purpose of enforcement of this regulation, the date of the germination test on the label or tag shall be binding upon any person in possession of agricultural or vegetable seed. Following retesting, all seed shall be relabeled to reflect the new germination tests of the seed. The following information shall appear on a label for relabeling seeds in their original containers: (a) the calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentage; (b) the same lot designation as on the original labels; (c) the identity of the labeling person if such person is different from the original labeler.005.02 The following kinds of agricultural seed may be sold within a 12-month period, exclusive of the calendar month in which the germination test was completed as prescribed in section 81-2,147.02(1) (a) ; Bluestem, Big | Sandreed, Prairie |
Bluestem, Little | Switchgrass |
Bluestem, Sand | Timothy |
Bluestem, Yellow | Wheatgrass, Beardless |
Buffalograss | Wheatgrass, Crested |
Brome, Smooth | Wheatgrass, Intermediate |
Dropseed, Sand | Wheatgrass, Pubescent |
Grama, Blue | Wheatgrass, Slender |
Grama, Sideoats | Wheatgrass, Streambank |
Indiangrass | Wheatgrass, Tall |
Lovegrass, Sand | Wheatgrass, Thickspike |
Needlegrass, Green | Wheatgrass, Western |
Orchardgrass | Wildrye, Canada |
005.03 For agricultural and vegetable seeds labeled, packaged, and sold in hermetically sealed containers, the 9-month or 12-month limitation of date of test in section 81-2,147.03(1) (a) is extended. The germination test for agricultural and vegetable seeds labeled, packaged, and sold in hermetically sealed containers shall have been completed within a 36-month period exclusive of the calendar month in which the test was completed, if the following conditions are met: 005.03A The seed was packaged within nine months after harvest;005.03B The container used does not allow water vapor penetration through any wall, including the seals, greater than 0.05 grains of water per 24 hours per 100 square inches of surface at 100 degrees F. with a relative humidity on one side of 90 percent and one the other side of 0.00 percent. Water vapor penetration or WVP is measured by the standards of the National Institute of Standards and Technology as: WVP = gm. H2O/24 hr/100 sq. in/100°F/90% RH V.0% RH
005.03C The seed in the container used does not exceed the percentage of moisture, on a wet weight basis, as listed below: 005.03C(1)Agricultural Seeds.Kind | Percent |
Beet, field | 7.5 |
Beet, sugar | 7.5 |
Bluegrass, Kentucky | 6.0 |
Clover, crimson | 8.0 |
Fescue, red | 8.0 |
Ryegrass, annual | 8.0 |
Ryegrass, perennial | 8.0 |
All others | 6.0 |
Mixtures of the above | 8.0 |
005.03C(2)Vegetable Seeds.Kind | Percent |
Bean, garden | 7.0 |
Bean, lima | 7.0 |
Beet | 7.5 |
Broccoli | 5.0 |
Brussell Sprouts | 5.0 |
Cabbage | 5.0 |
Carrot | 7.0 |
Cauliflower | 5.0 |
Celeriac | 7.0 |
Celery | 7.0 |
Chard, Swiss | 7.5 |
Chinese Cabbage | 5.0 |
Chives | 6.5 |
Collards | 5.0 |
Corn, sweet | 8.0 |
Cucumber | 6.0 |
Eggplant | 6.0 |
Kale | 5.0 |
Kohlrabi | 5.0 |
Leek | 6.5 |
Lettuce | 5.5 |
Muskmelon | 6.0 |
Mustard, India | 5.0 |
Onion | 6.5 |
Onion, Welsh | 6.5 |
Parsley | 6.5 |
Parsnip | 6.0 |
Pea | 7.0 |
Pepper | 4.5 |
Pumpkin | 6.0 |
Radish | 5.0 |
Rutabaga | 5.0 |
Spinach | 8.0 |
Squash | 6.0 |
Tomato | 5.5 |
Turnip | 5.0 |
Watermelon | 6.5 |
All others | 6.0 |
005.03D The container is conspicuously labeled in not less than eight-point type to indicate: 005.03D(1) That the seed is hermetically sealed;005.03D(2) That the seed has been preconditioned as to moisture content; and005.03D(3) The calendar month and year in which the germination test was completed as well as all labeling information required in section 81-2,147.02 of the Nebraska Seed Law, 005.03E The percentage of germination of seed at the time of packaging was equal to or above the standards specified elsewhere in the law;005.03F Adequate records are kept, giving the percent moisture of the seed at the time of packaging; and005.03G Hermetically sealed seed is not repackaged and relabeled as hermetically sealed seed unless it meets all conditions for seeds packaged in hermetically sealed containers including 005.03A above.25 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 7, § 005