N.D. Admin Code 74-03-14-05 - Seed standards

A variety identification test is required for A-, B-, and R-lines of wheat. A hybridity test is required on hybrid seed. A seed count is required on all hybrids.

	Standards for Each Class
	A-, B-, and R-Lines	Commercial Hybrid
Factor	Foundation	Certified
Pure seed (minimum) *	99.0 percent	99.0 percent
Hybridity (minimum) **	N/A	75.0 percent
Total weed seeds (maximum)	0.10 percent	0.10 percent
Other varieties ***	0.005 percent	0.05 percent
Other crop seeds (maximum)	0.01 percent	0.08 percent
Inert matter (maximum) ****	1.0 percent	1.0 percent
Prohibited noxious weed seeds	none	none
Germination *****	85.0 percent	85.0 percent

*Pure seed minimum for rye is 98.0 percent.

**Hybridity will be determined by an acceptable method and test results shall be submitted to the agency with a declaration of the hybridity prior to final certification of each lot of spring cereals and within one hundred sixty days of harvest for winter cereals.

***Other varieties include plants that can be differentiated from the variety being inspected, but may not include variants that are characteristic of the variety.

****Inert matter may not include more than 0.5 percent of material other than seed fragments of the variety under consideration. Maximum inert matter for rye is 2.0 percent.

*****Minimum germination for rye is 80.0 percent.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 74-03-14-05

Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 369, July 2018, effective 7/1/2018. Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2020-377, July 2020, effective 7/1/2020. Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-385, July 2022, effective 7/1/2022.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10

Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42