Maximum Tolerance | |||
Factor | Foundation | Registered | Certified |
Other varieties or | .01 percent | 0.05 percent | 0.1 percent |
classes * | |||
Inseparable other crops | none | none | none |
Prohibited noxious | none | none | none |
weeds ** | |||
Objectionable weeds *** | none | none | none |
Bacterial bean blights + | .01 percent | .05 percent | .1 percent |
Anthracnose | none | none | none |
Wilt | none | none | none |
Common bean mosaic | none | 0.5 percent | 1.0 percent |
* Other varieties shall not include variants characteristic of the variety .
** Prohibited noxious weeds include only field bindweed, leafy spurge, yellow starthistle, and Russian knapweed. The tolerance for prohibited or objectionable weeds, or both, will be determined by the inspector.
*** Objectionable weeds include nightshade species and cocklebur.
+ 1. The grower shall isolate and not harvest within a one hundred-foot [30.5-meter] radius of all staked (flagged) plants. A grower must leave in place any stakes or flags by plants with blight-infected pods. The inspector may recheck the field to ensure that these blighted areas were not harvested. Failure to leave the rejected area will result in total field being rejected.
2. Areas to be isolated must be mapped out on field inspection report.
N.D. Admin Code 74-03-13-03
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-53-11
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-53-11, 4.1-53-42