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New York Codes Rules Regulations (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
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TITLE 1. Department of Agriculture and Markets |
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Chapter III. Plant Industry |
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Subchapter A. Inspection and Sale of Seeds (Article 9, Agriculture and Markets Law) |
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Part 116. Alfalfa Seed Certification Standards |
Sec. 116.5. Seed standards
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Standards for each class Factor Foundation Registered Certified 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)none none none Objectional weed seeds (maximum)none none 27 per lb. Other crop seeds Other kinds (maximum)0.10% 0.10% 0.50% Germination and hard seed (minimum)80.00% 80.00% 80.00% 1Noxious 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).2Objectionable 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).3Sweet clover seed shall not exceed nine per pound for foundation seed; 90 per pound for registered seed; and 180 per pound for certified seed.
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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).
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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).
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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.