Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter587 Agricultural Products and Seeds |
STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION OF ALFALFA SEED |
NAC587.274. Minimum standards for classes of alfalfa seed.
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1. Each lot of seed entered for certification must be sampled and meet the minimum standards for the class of seed produced. Samples will be drawn by a representative of the Department pursuant to NAC 587.180 and 587.190, and must meet the following standards:
Standards for Each Class
Factor
Foundation
Registered
Certified
Pure seed (minimum)................................
99.5%
99.5%
99.50%
Other crop (maximum).............................
0.1%
0.1%
0.25%
Sweetclover (maximum)...........................
none
45/lb
90/lb
Weed seed (maximum).............................
0.1%
0.2%
0.25%
Noxious weed seed (maximum)...............
none
none
none
Objectionable weed seed (maximum)......
none
none
none
Inert matter (maximum)...........................
0.5%
0.5%
0.50%
Germination and hard seed (minimum)....
80.0%
85.0%
85.00%
2. For the purposes of this section, “objectionable weed seed” includes field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), dodder (Cuscuta spp.) and dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).
(Added to NAC by Dep’t of Agriculture, eff. 5-1-79; A 6-11-80; 12-3-90; R174-99, 3-13-2000)