BEAN SEED

               CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS

 

  I.        BASIC RULES

 

The UCIA General Seed Certification Requirements and Standards are basic and with the following constitute the requirements and standards for bean seed certification.

 

 II.        SEED PRODUCTION

 

A.         APPLICATIONS

 

Dates and fees for applications are as listed in the General Requirements and Standards.

 

B.        SEED ELIGIBILITY

 

A list of bean varieties currently certified in Utah (See Prefix A) is updated each year.  Note the seed classes eligible to plant for certification.  In some varieties there is no Registered Class.

 

C.        LAND REQUIREMENTS

 

1.         Beans entered for certification shall be planted on land on which preceding crop was of another kind (and free of volunteer beans), or the same variety of beans of a Certified or higher class.

 

2.         Isolation:  Fields of different varieties or   classes shall be separated by a fenceline, mowed strip, or other definable border such that mechanical mixtures during harvest are prevented.

 

D.        FIELD INSPECTION

 

Seed fields will be inspected for off-type and diseased plants at least once before harvest.  Windrow inspections may be made at the discretion of the UCIA.

 

E.        FIELD STANDARDS

 

            1.         Tolerance for other varieties and crop and diseases.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum Permitted in Each Class

 

Factor

 

     Foundation

 

   Registered

 

     Certified

 

Other varieties

 

           None

 

        0.05%

 

        0.10%

 

Other crop (inseparable)

 

           None

 

        0.05%

 

        0.10%

 

Diseases

   Anthracnose, Bacterial Bean

   Blights, Wilt, and Brown Spot,           Mosaic (common)

 

           None

 

 

           None

 

         0.5%

 

 

        0.05%

 

         1.0%

 

 

         1.0%

 

F.         HARVEST

 

Harvesting, handling, storing, and processing of seed shall be performed in such a manner as to prevent mechanical mixture and damage to seed and to maintain identity of various lots of seed. Each bag or box must be tagged at harvest with identification tags supplied by UCIA.

 

 

III.        CONDITIONING, SAMPLING, AND LABELING

 

            A.         SEED STANDARDS

 

 

 

 

Standards for Each Class

 

                       Factors

 

     Foundation

 

   Registered

 

      Certified

 

Pure seed (min)

 

          99.0%

 

        99.0%

 

        98.0%

 

Foreign material (max)*a

 

           0.5%

 

         0.5%

 

         0.5%

 

Inert matter (max) *a

 

           1.0%

 

         1.0%

 

         1.0%

 

Splits and cracks (max) *a

 

           1.0%

 

         1.0%

 

         1.0%

 

Badly discolored (max) *a

 

           1.0%

 

         1.0%

 

         1.0%

 

Other crop seeds (max) *a

 

           None

 

        0.05%

 

         0.1%

 

Other varieties (max)

 

           None

 

         None

 

        0.05%

 

Other kinds (max)

 

           None

 

         None

 

        0.05%

 

Seed, non-regulated weeds (max)

 

           None

 

         None

 

         None

 

Weed seed, regulated weeds (max) *b

 

           None

 

         None

 

         None

 

Germination (min)

 

            85%

 

          85%

 

          85%

*a     The total of inert matter, splits and cracks, badly discolored, other kinds and varieties, and weed seed, alone or in combination, shall not exceed 2.0%.  Seed   lots exceeding the maximum for badly discolored seed may be eligible for disease-free and genetic purity documentation at the digression of the certifying agency.

 

*b     Includes Utah Noxious, Restricted, and Objectionable weeds listed in the General Requirements and Standards.

B.         All unprocessed lots carried over must be reported to the UCIA office each year.

 

C.        A representative sample of three pounds of each 5000 lb. lot or portions thereof will be drawn by a UCIA representative after the seed has been conditioned at an approved cleaning plant.

 

D.        Each bag of seed sold as certified must be packed in new bags and must bear the official tag attached in an approved manner to each container.  Misprints, misbranded, blotted, and reject bags and/or bags turned inside out must not be used.