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