1 CRR-NY 116.5NY-CRR

STATE 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 116.5
1 CRR-NY 116.5
116.5 Seed standards.
Standards for each class
FactorFoundationRegisteredCertified
Pure seed (minimum)
 
99.00%99.00%99.00%
Inert matter (maximum)
 
1.00%1.00%1.00%
Weed seeds (maximum)
 
0.10%0.20%0.50%
Noxious weed seeds (maximum)
1
 
nonenonenone
Objectional weed seeds (maximum)
2
 
nonenone27 per lb.
Other crop seeds
Other kinds (maximum)
3
 
0.10%0.10%0.50%
Germination and hard seed (minimum)
 
80.00%80.00%80.00%
1
Noxious weed seeds shall include the following: bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), Quackgrass (Agropyron repens), Canada Thistle (Cersium arvense), bedstraw (Galium spp.), dodder (Cuscuta spp.), horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), wild onion (Agrostemma githago), and Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens).
2
Objectionable weed seeds shall include the following: dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula), perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis), and white top (Lepidium draba, L. repens, Hymenaphysa pubescens).
3
Sweet clover seed shall not exceed nine per pound for foundation seed; 90 per pound for registered seed; and 180 per pound for certified seed.

Footnotes

1
Noxious weed seeds shall include the following: bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), Quackgrass (Agropyron repens), Canada Thistle (Cersium arvense), bedstraw (Galium spp.), dodder (Cuscuta spp.), horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), wild onion (Agrostemma githago), and Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens).
2
Objectionable weed seeds shall include the following: dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula), perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis), and white top (Lepidium draba, L. repens, Hymenaphysa pubescens).
3
Sweet clover seed shall not exceed nine per pound for foundation seed; 90 per pound for registered seed; and 180 per pound for certified seed.
1 CRR-NY 116.5
Current through January 15, 2022
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