N.D. Admin Code 74-03-12-04 - Seed standards

Seed count required on soybeans, chickpeas, and lentils.

	Standard for Each Class
Factor	Foundation	Registered	Certified
Pure seed (minimum)	98.0 percent	98.0 percent	98.0 percent
Total weed seeds (maximum)	none	1 per pound	2 per pound
Other varieties (maximum) *	0.1 percent	0.2 percent	0.2 percent
Other crop seeds (maximum)
Soybeans and chickpeas	none	1 per 2 pounds	1 per pound
Lentils	1 per 2 pounds	1 per pound	3 per pound
Inert matter	2.0 percent	2.0 percent	2.0 percent
Prohibited noxious weed seeds	none	none	none
Objectionable weed seeds **	none	none	none
Germination and hard seeds	85.0 percent	85.0 percent	85.0 percent

* Other varieties shall not include variants characteristic of the variety.

** Objectionable weed seeds are dodder, hedge bindweed (wild morning glory), wild oats, buckhorn, hoary alyssum, horsenettle, quackgrass, wild vetch species, giant foxtail, wild radish, nightshade species, and cocklebur.

Chickpea and lentil seed labelers shall have an ascochyta test performed on the harvested seed of each field or lot. The test results shall appear on the label for each seed lot.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 74-03-12-04

Amended effective May 1, 1986; May 1, 1988; December 18, 1989; September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006; July 1, 2010; October 1, 2012.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-53-11

Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-53-11, 4.1-53-42