NAC587.232. “Off-type” defined.  


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  • “Off-type” means any seed or plant that is not a part of the variety because it deviates in one or more characteristics from the variety as described. The term includes:

         1. A seed or plant of another variety;

         2. A seed or plant not a variety;

         3. A seed or plant resulting from cross-pollination by another kind or variety;

         4. A seed or plant resulting from uncontrolled self-pollination during production of hybrid seed; or

         5. Segregates from any of the seeds or plants listed above.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Agriculture, eff. 6-11-80; A 12-3-90)