La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XIII-907
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XIII-907 - Qualifications for Approved Plant Breeders (Formerly Section 229)A. To be recognized officially by LDAF as an approved plant breeder, a person must either: 1. hold an advanced degree with plant breeding as a major subject;2. hold an advanced degree in agronomy or horticulture and show evidence of having at least one year's experience assisting a plant breeder at an experiment station or private seed farm;3. hold a bachelor's degree in agronomy or horticulture with at least one course in plant breeding and show evidence of at least two years' experience as in Paragraph 2;4. hold a bachelor's degree in general agriculture, but not qualified under either Paragraphs 1, 2 or 3 above, must pass an examination at the direction of the state entomologist to indicate his knowledge of the subject (especially developing new varieties, variety testing, and increasing pure seed) and must show evidence of two years' experience as under Paragraph 2 (applicants qualifying under this Subsection may supervise the production of the class registered seed only); or5. must show evidence of competence in the form of the development of a distinct new variety of a crop and produced pure seed of it meeting the requirements for breeder seed. (The person may supervise the production of breeder and/or foundation and/or registered only of the crop variety or varieties developed by him.)La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XIII-907
Adopted by the Department of Agriculture, Seed Commission August 1961, amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Seed Commission, LR 12:825 (December 1986), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission, LR 39:2734 (October 2013), amended LR 40:756 (April 2014).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1433.