I.
Land Requirements
A
crop will not be eligible for certification if planted where guar, other than a
certified crop of the same variety, has grown during the previous three years.
II.
Field Inspection
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
To
be eligible for certification, a seed field must be isolated from fields of any
other variety or uncertified fields of the same variety as follows:
|
Isolation
Distance In
Feet |
Class |
||
|
Foundation |
Registered |
Certified |
|
|
330 |
330 |
165 |
|
B.
Specific requirements
|
Factor |
Maximum
permitted in each class |
||
|
Foundation |
Registered |
Certified |
|
|
Other
varieties:Variety |
None |
1:10,000 |
1:1,000 |
|
Other crops ¹ |
None |
None |
1:2,000 |
|
Noxious
weeds ¹ |
None |
None |
None |
|
Total disease |
1.00% |
2.00% |
5.00% |
1Crops and/or noxious weeds producing seed that is similar in size to guar
and cannot be cleaned from the seed by regular cleaning methods.
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) |
98.0% |
98.0% |
98.0% |
|
Inert matter
(maximum) |
2.0% |
2.0% |
2.0% |
|
Weed
seed (maximum) |
None |
0.05% |
0.1% |
|
Prohibited weeds
(maximum) ¹ |
None |
None |
None |
|
Other
kinds including other varieties (maximum) |
None |
0.1% |
0.2% |
|
Other varieties
(maximum) |
None |
0.05% |
0.1% |
|
Total
germination and hard seed (minimum) |
N.S.
² |
85.00% |
85.00% |
1See
Section XLI P.
2No
standards