Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 7. AGRICULTURE |
PART V. Bureau of Plant Industry |
Chapter 115. Standards for Seed Certification |
SubChapter D. CORNCOMMERCIAL HYBRIDS |
Section 115.84. Male sterile ear parents
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Male sterile ear parents may be used to produce certified hybrid corn seed by one of the following two methods:
(1) Seed of the normal fertile ear parent shall be mixed with seed of the male sterile ear parent of the same pedigree either by blending in the field in harvest time or by size at processing time. The ratio of male sterile ear parent seed may not exceed two to one.
(2) The male parent shall involve a certified pollen restoring line or lines so that not less than one-third of the plants grown from the hybrid corn seed produce pollen which appears to be normal in quantity and viability.
Notation
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 115.88 (relating to detasseling).