Paragraph 9 Standards for varietal purityI1
Scotland
The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity and in particular the number of plants of the crop species which are recognisable as obviously not being true to the variety shall not exceed–
In Crops to Produce | ||
|---|---|---|
Basic Seed | Seed of a Certified Generation | |
(a) In the case of all grasses except smooth stalked meadowgrass | One plant in 30 square metres | One plant in 10 square metres |
(b) In the case of all legumes except field peas & field beans and in the case of fodder radish | One plant in 30 square metres | One plant in 10 square metres |
(c) In the case of smooth stalked meadowgrass | ||
(i) apomictic uniclonal varieties | One plant in 20 square metres | Six plants in 10 square metres |
(ii) all varieties except apomictic uniclonal varieties | One plant in 20 square metres | Four plants in 10 square metres |
Plants of other species, the seeds of which are difficult to distinguish from the crop seeds in a laboratory test, shall be at a low level and in particular the number of plants of a ryegrass species or festulolium, other than the crop species itself, shall not exceed–
In Crops to Produce | ||
|---|---|---|
Basic Seed | Certified Seed | |
| In the case of perennial, Italian & hybrid ryegrass and festulolium | One plant in 50 square metres | One plant in 10 square metres |
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 4 para. 9 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)