1 CRR-NY 116.4NY-CRR

OFFICIAL COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
TITLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
CHAPTER III. PLANT INDUSTRY
SUBCHAPTER A. INSPECTION AND SALE OF SEEDS (ARTICLE 9, AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW)
PART 116. ALFALFA SEED CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
1 CRR-NY 116.4
1 CRR-NY 116.4
116.4 Field standards.
(a) General.
(1) Unit of certification.
A portion of a field may be certified if the area to be certified is clearly defined. Portions of a field not meeting requirements for certification must not be allowed to reach the seed stage.
(2) Isolation.
A field producing foundation, registered or certified seed must have the minimum isolation distance from fields of any other variety or fields of the same variety that do not meet the varietal purity requirements for certification, as given in the following table:
ClassFields of less than five acresFields of five acres or more
Foundation
 
80 rods80 rods
Registered
 
40 rods20 rods
Certified
 
20 rods10 rods
Between different seed classes of same variety except the certified class of nonhardy southwest varieties
 
10 rods10 rods
(3) Volunteer plants.
Volunteer plants shall be cause for rejection or reclassification of a seed field.
(4) Seed fields outside region of adaptation. Certification of seed fields outside regions of adaptation of a variety shall be limited to stands not exceeding six years of age.
(b) Specific requirements.
Maximum permitted in each class
FactorFoundationRegisteredCertified
Other varieties
1
 
0.2%0.5%1.0%
Sweet clover
 
none10 plants per acre160 plants per acre
1
Other varieties shall be considered to include offtype plants and plants that can be differentiated from the variety that is being inspected.

Footnotes

1
Other varieties shall be considered to include offtype plants and plants that can be differentiated from the variety that is being inspected.
1 CRR-NY 116.4
Current through January 15, 2022
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