Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 12 - Pure Seed Regulation › Noxious Weeds › Section 2-1-3-12-117.01

Current through June 25, 2024
The following is a list of noxious weeds and their
						maximum permitted rates of occurrence per pound of agricultural or vegetable
						seed.
NAME
ALLOWED PER POUND
1. Crotalaria (
Crotalaria
									 spp
.)..............................................................
Prohibited
2. Field Bindweed (
Convolvulus
									 arvensis
)...........................................
Prohibited
3. Hedge Bindweed (
Calystegia
									 sepium
)................................................
Prohibited
4. Hemp (
Cannabis sativa
)
									 (except when sold as a variety of hemp; none allowed in other
									 seed)
Prohibited
5. Nutgrass (
Cyperus rotundus and C.
									 esculentus
).................................
Prohibited
6. Serrated Tussock (
Nassella
									 trichotoma
).............................................
Prohibited
7. Tropical Soda Apple (
Solanum
									 viarum
).............................................
Prohibited
8. Balloon Vine (
Caridospermum
									 halicacabum
)..................................
(NO TOLERANCE APPLIED)
2
9. Bermudagrass (
Cynodon
									 spp
.)..........................................................
100
10. Blessed Thistle (
Cnicus
									 benedictus
)................................................
27
11. Bracted and Buckhorn Plantain
									 (
Plantago spp
.).............................
100
12. Canada Thistle (
Cirsium
									 arvense
)...................................................
54
13. Cheat and Chess (
Bromus commutatus
									 and Bromus secalinus
)......
144
14. Cocklebur (
Xanthium
									 spp
.)..............................................................
(NO TOLERANCE APPLIED)
2
15. Corncockle (
Agrostemma
									 githago
)..................................................
100
16. Darnel (
Lolium
									 temulentum
)...........................................................
54
17. Dock and Sorrel (
Rumex
									 spp
.).........................................................
100
18. Dodder (
Cuscuta
									 spp
.).....................................................................
54
19. Giant Foxtail (
Setaria
									 faberi
)..........................................................
54
20. Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) and
									 Sorghum almum and perennial rhizomatous derivatives of
									 these...........................................
54
21. Purple Moonflower (
Ipomoea
									 turbinata
)........................................
(NO TOLERANCE APPLIED)
2
22. Morningglory (
Ipomoea
									 spp
.).........................................................
9
(a) When sold in a wildlife reseeding soybean
									 or wildlife mixture......
27
23. Quackgrass (
Elytrigia
									 repens
).........................................................
54
24. Red Rice (
Oryza
									 spp
.)....................................................................
(NO TOLERANCE APPLIED)
1
25. Sicklepod (
Senna
									 obtusifolia
)..........................................................
5
26. Wild Mustards and Wild Turnips
									 (
Brassica spp
.)..........................
54
27. Wild Onion and Wild Garlic (
Allium
									 spp
.)....................................
(NO TOLERANCE APPLIED)
5
(a)When sold in mixed
									 wheat......................................................
27
28. Wild Radish (
Raphanus
									 raphanistrum
)....................................
18
Miss.
						Code Ann. §
												69-3-17.