N.D. Admin. Code 74-03-14-05

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
Section 74-03-14-05 - Seed standards

A variety identification test is required for A-, B-, and R-lines of wheat. A hybridity test is required on hybrid seed. A seed count is required on all hybrids.

Standards for Each Class

A-, B-, and R-Lines

Commercial Hybrid

Factor

Foundation

Certified

Pure seed (minimum) *

99.0 percent

99.0 percent

Hybridity (minimum) **

N/A

75.0 percent

Total weed seeds (maximum)

0.10 percent

0.10 percent

Other varieties ***

0.005 percent

0.05 percent

Other crop seeds (maximum)

0.01 percent

0.08 percent

Inert matter (maximum) ****

1.0 percent

1.0 percent

Prohibited noxious weed seeds

none

none

Germination *****

85.0 percent

85.0 percent

*Pure seed minimum for rye is 98.0 percent.

**Hybridity will be determined by an acceptable method and test results shall be submitted to the agency with a declaration of the hybridity prior to final certification of each lot of spring cereals and within one hundred sixty days of harvest for winter cereals.

***Other varieties include plants that can be differentiated from the variety being inspected, but may not include variants that are characteristic of the variety.

****Inert matter may not include more than 0.5 percent of material other than seed fragments of the variety under consideration. Maximum inert matter for rye is 2.0 percent.

*****Minimum germination for rye is 80.0 percent.

N.D. Admin Code 74-03-14-05

Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 369, July 2018, effective 7/1/2018.
Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2020-377, July 2020, effective 7/1/2020.
Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-385, July 2022, effective 7/1/2022.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10

Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42