Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XIII - Seeds › Chapter 5 - General Seed Certification Requirements › Section XIII-501 - Definitions also Applicable to this Chapter (Formerly Section 125)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Certification
-the process by which official
				  recognition is given to seeds produced under a limited generation system which
				  ensures genetic purity and identity and a given minimum level of
				  quality.
Clonally Propagated Plant
-a plant that is
				  duplicated or propagated as a plant clone from vegetative cuttings or plant
				  divisions using one or more of an aerial stem, rhizome, stolon, leave, or
				  root.
Germination
-the percentage of seeds capable
				  of producing normal seedlings under ordinarily favorable growing
				  conditions.
Hybrid
-one or more crosses of inbred lines
				  of the same kind of seed.
Inbred Line
-a relatively true-breeding
				  strain resulting from at least five successive generations of controlled
				  self-fertilization or of backcrossing to a recurrent parent with selection, or
				  its equivalent for specific characteristics.
Inert Matter
-all matter not seeds, including
				  pieces of broken and damaged seeds one-half or less than the original size,
				  sterile florets, fungus bodies, stones and all matter considered as inert by
				  the Association of Official Seed Analysts Rules for Testing Seeds.
Inseparable Seeds
-seeds that are similar in
				  size, shape and weight to the seed offered for certification, which are
				  difficult to remove.
Isolation
-the distance required between a
				  crop or variety entered for certification and other plantings of the same crop
				  or variety, not entered for certification, which are pollinating at the same
				  time.
Kind
-one or more related species singly or
				  collectively known by one common name (examples: corn, beans, wheat).
Land Requirement
-the period of time during
				  which a field entered for certification cannot have grown or been seeded to the
				  same species or variety except a certified class of the same species or variety
				  which was equal to or superior to that of the species or variety entered for
				  certification. If a field(s) is(are) entered for certification in the
				  foundation class, only the foundation class of seeds could have been grown in
				  that field during the time period specified.
Lot of Seed
-a definite quantity of seeds
				  identified by a lot number or mark, every portion or bag of which is uniform,
				  within permitted tolerances, relative to the factors which appear in the
				  labeling.
Noxious or Prohibited Weeds
-all weeds
				  designated as noxious or prohibited weeds under §109
Off-Type (Mutations)
-plants or seeds which
				  deviate in one or more characteristics from the breeder description filed with
				  LDAF.
Open-Pollination
-pollination that occurs
				  naturally as opposed to controlled pollination such as by detasseling
				  cytoplasmic male sterility, self-incompatibility or similar processes.
Originator
-a person, company, agent or
				  institution developing a new variety of seed.
Other Weeds/Weed Seeds
-all weeds and/or weed
				  seeds which have not been designated as noxious weeds by the Commission.
Plant Clone
-a genetically identical plant or
				  plant material derived originally from a single ancestor individual over one or
				  more vegetative generations.
Recertification
-the official approval of a
				  second or subsequent generation of a certified class of seed.
Roguing
-the removal from the field of
				  noxious weeds, off-type plants, varietal mixtures and any other plants
				  producing seeds which are inseparable from seeds of the crop to be
				  certified.
Species
-plants designated by a common name
				  and having common characteristics.
Unit of Certification
-any clearly defined
				  field(s) or portion(s) of a field entered for certification.
Variety
-a subdivision of a kind,
				  characterized by growth, plant, fruit, seed or other characteristics by which
				  it can be differentiated from other seeds of the same kind.
Volunteer Plants
-plants of a crop kind or
				  species other than the crop being certified that are present in a field.
Weight Unit
-unit of measure, designated by
				  the Commission, based on the most common industry accepted packaging weight in
				  pounds for a specific commodity.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  3:1433 and
				  3:1436.