Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 7. AGRICULTURE |
PART V. Bureau of Plant Industry |
Chapter 115. Standards for Seed Certification |
SubChapter H. LEGUME CROP |
Section 115.232. Isolation requirements
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(a) For a seed field to be eligible for production of Foundation or Certified seed it shall be isolated from other strains of the same species which flower at the same time, in accordance with the following requirements:
Class Fields Less Than
Five Acres
(feet)Fields More Than
Five Acres
(feet)Foundation 1320 1320 Certified 330 165 Between different seed classes of same variety 165 165 (b) FlatpeaIsolation of 660 feet from other varieties of Lathyrus Sylvestrus or other species of Lathyrus or Vicia. 1320 feet for production of foundation seed.
(c) Isolation from fields and fence rows inside of the minimum distances may be accomplished by mowing these fields and fence rows before flowering starts in the fields entered for certification.
The provisions of this § 115.232 amended September 26, 1975, effective September 27, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 2522. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (1815).