I.
Land Requirements
Cowpeas
shall not be grown on land which was planted to cowpeas the previous year
unless the preceding crop was grown from certified seed of the same variety.
II.
Field Inspection
Seed
fields shall be inspected at least once prior to harvest, preferably after
pods are well developed.
III.
Field Standards
A.
General
1.
Unit of certification
The
unit of certification shall be a field, but a portion of a field may be
approved provided the discarded portion can be harvested separately and is
eliminated from certification.
2.
Isolation
A
field of cowpeas for certification must be separated by at least ten feet from
any other variety or uncertified field of the same variety.
B.
Specific Requirements
|
Factor |
Maximum
permitted in each class
|
||
Foundation
|
Registered
|
Certified
|
|
|
Other
varieties:Variety |
1:2000 |
1:1000 |
1:500 |
|
Other crops
(inseparable) |
None |
1:2000 |
1:1000 |
IV.
Referee Sample
A
representative sample of at least two-pounds as the seed is to be sold shall
be submitted to the Association for laboratory analysis.
V.
Seed Standards
Factor
|
Standards
for each class
|
||
Foundation
|
Registered
|
Certified
|
|
|
Pure
seed (minimum) |
98.00% |
98.00% |
98.00% |
|
Inert matter
(maximum) |
2.00% |
2.00% |
2.00% |
|
Weed
seed (maximum) |
None |
None |
0.10% |
|
Prohibited weeds
(maximum)1 |
None |
None |
None |
|
Other
kinds including other varieties
(maximum) |
0.05% |
0.10% |
0.20% |
|
Other crop seed
(maximum) |
None |
0.05% |
0.10% |
|
Disease
lesions (maximum)2 |
0.10% |
0.10% |
0.50% |
|
Total germination
and hard seed (minimum) |
80.00% |
80.00% |
80.00% |
1See
Section XLI P.
2Diseases that cannot be controlled by a suitable fungicide.