2 Va. Admin. Code § 10-10-140
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024
Section 2VAC10-10-140 - Red clover certification standardsA. General standards. The general standards as adopted in this chapter are basic and apply to red clover.B. Land requirements. 1. For foundation seed production, the land shall have been free of red clover for the previous five years.2. Registered seed may be produced if no red clover of any other strain has been produced on the land within the preceding three years.3. Certified seed may be produced if no red clover crop of any other strain has been produced on the land within the preceding two years and where one cultivated crop has grown, unless the preceding strain was the same variety.4. The land shall be free of volunteer plants of the crop kind during the year immediately prior to establishment and no manure or other contaminating material shall be applied the year previous to seed or during the establishment and productive life of the stand.C. Field standards. 1. Field inspection. At least one field inspection, made at blooming time, is required each year that certification is applied for.2. Isolation. All fields used for the production of foundation, registered, or certified seed shall have the minimum isolation distance from fields of any other variety or fields of the same variety that do not meet the varietal purity requirements for certification, as given in the following table: | Classes | Fields of less than 5 acres | Fields of 5 acres or more |
| Registered | 880 yards | 220 yards |
| Certified | 110 yards | 55 yards |
Unit of certification. The unit of certification shall be a field. Portions of a field not meeting requirements for certification shall not be allowed to reach the seed stage. Ten feet isolation is required between certified classes of the same variety.
3. Red clover. Only two seed crops are permitted of all certified seed.4. Specific. | | Maximum Permitted-Ratio of Plants |
| Factor | Registered | Certified |
| Other Types | 1:500 (0.2%) | 1:200 (0.5%) |
D. Seed standards | | Standards for Each Class |
| Factor | Registered | Certified |
| Pure Seed (minimum) | 99.0% | 99.0% |
| Other Crops (maximum) | 0.05% | 0.1% |
| Inert Matter (maximum) | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Weed Seed (maximum) | 0.15% | 0.25% |
| Objectionable Weed Seed | None | None |
| Total Germination and Hard Seeds | 85.0% | 85.0% |
2 Va. Admin. Code § 10-10-140
Derived from VR172-01-01 § 9, eff. April 1980.Statutory Authority
§§ 3.2-4024 of the Code of Virginia.