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Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 285.623.108 - Seed from out of state

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 108. Seed which is produced in another state or
					 country and which is sold and delivered in this state as certified, registered,
					 or foundation shall have been certified by a legally constituted agency of the
					 state or country of origin in accordance with rules and standards that are
					 equivalent to those established in these rules. Seed of such origin that is
					 represented or labeled as registered shall have been produced and certified in
					 accordance with rules and standards that are equal to or better than the rules
					 and standards that are established for Michigan certified
					 seed.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 285.623.109 - Interagency certification

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 109. If the Michigan crop improvement association
					 participates with another certifying agency in performing services that are
					 required to certify the same lot or lots of seed, the standards for such
					 interagency certification shall be the standards provided in these rules. Seed
					 that is produced and field-inspected in Michigan may be shipped in bulk for
					 conditioning and final certification by the Michigan crop improvement
					 association or may be conditioned in Michigan to be shipped out of state for
					 final certification by the Michigan crop improvement association. This same
					 certification procedure may be utilized for seed that is shipped into Michigan
					 from a cooperating state.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 285.623.110 - Modification of standards

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 110. The minimum quality standards for foundation and
					 certified seed, other than the standards that affect genetic purity as
					 established in these rules, may be modified by the director of the department
					 of agriculture when application of a standard would threaten the continued
					 normal propagation of a crop variety.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 285.623.111 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 111. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means Act No. 221 of the Public
				  Acts of 1959, as amended, being S286.71 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled
				  Laws.
(b) "Field crops" means any
				  agricultural crop that is grown for food, feed, forage, fiber, or
				  oil.
(c) "Off-type" means any seed
				  or plant that is not a part of the variety because it deviates from 1 or more
				  of the characteristics of the variety as described and may include any of the
				  following:
(i) A seed or plant of another
				  variety.
(ii) A seed or plant that
				  is not necessarily any variety.
(iii) A seed or plant that results from
				  cross-pollination by another kind or variety.
(iv) A seed or plant that results from
				  uncontrolled self-pollination during production of hybrid seed.
(v) Segregates from any seed or plant that
				  are listed in paragraphs (i) to (iv) of this subdivision.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 285.623.199 - Rescission

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 199. R 285.623.1 to R 285.623.29 of the Michigan
					 Administrative Code, appearing on pages 1274, 1276, and 1280 to 1282 of the
					 1979 Michigan Administrative Code and pages 217 to 223 of the 1985 Annual
					 Supplement to the Code, are rescinded.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.201 - Applications for field crop inspection and certification

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 201. An application for field crop inspection and
					 certification shall be made to the certifying agency on or before the dates
					 specified by the certifying agency.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.202 - Isolation

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 202. The seed of that portion of a crop which is to be
					 field-inspected and which is less than 6 feet from an inseparable species, a
					 variety of the same species, or the same variety grown from noncertified seed
					 shall not be harvested for certification. An open-pollinated crop shall be in
					 compliance with the isolations prescribed in this part.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.203 - Field beans; field and seed standards

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 203.
(1)
				  Field standards for field bean seed are as follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Other varieties or off-types (maximum) Inseparable
								other crops
.01% none
.01% none
Bacterial bean blight percent of plants infected
								(maximum)
0.001%
0.005%
Anthracnose or common bean mosaic
0.005%
0.001%
(2) Seed standards for field bean seed are as
				  follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
99.0%
99.0%
Inert matter (maximum)
1.0%
1.0%
Weeds (maximum)
none
none
Other crops (maximum)
2 per 100 pounds
5 per 100 pounds
Other varieties or off-types (maximum)
(20/cwt)1
(20/cwt)1
Contrasting colored varieties/ off-types (maximum)
(2/cwt)
(2/cwt)
Germination (minimum)
85.0%
Badly damaged seed (maximum)
2
1.0%
Common bean mosaic virus (maximum)
5.0%
3.0%
Anthracnose or bacterial blight infected seed
								(maximum)
none
none
1 Represents .01% for navy beans
2 "Badly damaged" refers to beans that are seriously
					 injured or badly discolored by frost, weather, disease, insects, or other
					 causes which seriously affect the seed lot.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.204 - Soybeans; field and seed standards

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 204.
(1)
				  Field standards for soybean seed are as follows:
Factor
Foundation
Maximum Each Class Certified
Other varieties or off-types
.05%
.1%
Inseparable seed plants:
Corn (with kernels) and others
none
none
(2) Seed standards for soybean seed are as
				  follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
98.5%
98.5%
Inert matter (maximum)
1.5%
1.5%
Weeds (maximum)
none
none
Other crops (maximum)
1 per 3 pounds
1 per pound
Other varieties or off-types (maximum)
0.1%
0.5%
Germination (minimum)
80.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.205 - Small grains and buckwheat; field and seed standards

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 205.
(1)
				  Field standards for small grain seed and buckwheat are as shown in table 205.1:
TABLE 205.1
Field Standards for Small Grain Seed and Buckwheat
Factor
Foundation
Maximum Each Class Certified
Other varieties or off-types
.02%
.05%
Inseparable other crops
1 per acre
5 per acre
Bunt
none
none
Other smuts
.5%
2.0%
(a) Rye,
				  spelt, vetch, and winter barley are not permitted in wheat.
(b) Seed from fields that have more than 0.5%
				  other smuts must be treated with a fungicide that is approved by the
				  director.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.206 - Red clover and alfalfa; field and seed standards

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 206.
(1) Red
				  clover or alfalfa seed shall be planted on land on which the same crop has not
				  been previously grown for a minimum of 5 years for producing foundation seed
				  and 2 years for producing certified seed. During the year immediately before
				  seeding, the land shall be in a cultivated crop or fallow and shall be free of
				  volunteer red clover or alfalfa plants as determined by field inspection.
				  Manure or other contaminating amendments shall not be applied during the
				  established and productive life of this stand.
(2) Any portion of a field that is not to be
				  inspected shall be mowed before flowering.
(3) Limitations on the age of stand and
				  pedigree classes of seed through which a variety may be multiplied shall be
				  specified by the originator, but shall not exceed the limitations that are
				  established by the certifying agency.
(4) Field standards for red clover and
				  alfalfa seed are as follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Other varieties or off-types (maximum)
none
0.2%
Other crops (maximum)
none
1 plant per acre
Isolation (from other red clover or
alfalfa fields respectively) (minimum)
900 ft.
165 ft.
(5) Seed standards for red clover and alfalfa
				  seed are as follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
99.0%
99.0%
Inert matter (maximum)
1.0%
1.0%
Weeds (maximum)
0.15%
0.2%
Prohibited noxious (maximum)
none
none
Docks, sheep sorrel, and restricted
noxious (maximum)
9 per pound
45 per pound
Other crops (maximum)
18 per pound
0.2%
Sweet clover (maximum)
9 per pound
45 per pound
Other varieties or off-types
(maximum)
0.1%
1.0%
Germination and hard seed (minimum)
85.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.207 - Birdsfoot trefoil

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 207.
(1)
				  Birdsfoot trefoil seed shall be planted on land on which the same crop has not
				  been previously grown for a minimum of 5 years for producing foundation seed
				  and 2 years for producing certified seed. During the year immediately before
				  seeding, the land shall have been in a cultivated crop or fallow and shall be
				  free of volunteer birdsfoot trefoil plants as determined by field inspection.
				  Manure or other contaminating amendments shall not be applied during the
				  established and productive life of the stand.
(2) Any portion of a field that is not to be
				  inspected shall be mowed before flowering.
(3) Limitations on the age of stand and
				  pedigree classes of seed through which a variety may be multiplied shall be
				  specified by the originator, but shall not exceed the limitations that are
				  established by the certifying agency.
(4) Field standards for birdsfoot trefoil
				  seed are as follows:
Classes of Seed Foundation
Certified
Less than or more
Less than or more
Factor
5 acres
5 acres
5 acres
5 acres
Other varieties or off-types (maximum)
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
Sweet clover (maximum) acre
none
none
1 plant
1 plant per acre per
Isolation from flowering plants of other varieties or
								uninspected plants (minimum)
900 feet
600 feet
330 feet
165 feet
Isolation between different seed classes of the same
								variety (minimum)
225 feet
150 feet
85 feet
45 feet
(5) Seed standards for birdsfoot trefoil seed
				  are as follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
98.0%
98.0%
Inert matter (maximum)
2.0%
2.0%
Weeds (maximum)
0.1%
0.2%
Prohibited noxious (maximum)
none
none
Docks, sheep sorrel, and restricted
noxious (maximum)
30 per pound
45 per pound
Other crops (maximum)
0.2%
1.0%
Other varieties or off-types
(maximum)
0.1%
1.0%
Sweet clover (maximum)
15 per pound
45 per pound
Germination (minimum)
80.0%
Germination less hard seed (minim
um)
45.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.208 - Crownvetch

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 208.
(1)
				  Crownvetch seed shall be planted on land on which the same crop has not been
				  previously grown for a minimum of 5 years for producing foundation seed and 2
				  years for producing certified seed. During the year immediately before seeding,
				  the land shall have been in a cultivated crop or fallow and shall be free of
				  volunteer crownvetch plants as determined by field inspection. Manure or other
				  contaminating amendments shall not be applied during the established and
				  productive life of the stand.
(2)
				  Any portion of a field that is not to be inspected shall be mowed before
				  flowering.
(3) Limitations on the
				  age of stand and pedigree classes of seed through which a variety may be
				  multiplied shall be specified by the originator, but shall not exceed the
				  limitations that are established by the certifying agency.
(4) Field standards for crownvetch seed are
				  as follows:
Classes of Seed Foundation
Certified
Less than or more
Less than or more
Factor
5 acres
5 acres
5 acres
5 acres
Other varieties or off-types (maximum)
1 plant per acre
1 plant per acre
5 plants per acre
5 plants per acre
Sweet clover (maximum)
none
none
1 plant per acre
1 plant per acre
Isolation from flowering plants of other varieties or
								uninspected plants (minimum)
900 feet
600 feet
330 feet
165 feet
Isolation between different seed classes of the same
								variety (minimum)
225 feet
150 feet
85 feet
45 feet
(5) Seed standards for crownvetch seed are as
				  follows:
Classes of Seed
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
98.0%
98.0%
Inert matter (maximum)
2.0%
2.0%
Weeds (maximum)
0.5%
0.1%
Prohibited noxious (maximum)
none
none
Restricted noxious (maximum)
27 per pound
45 per pound
Other crops (maximum)
0.2%
1.0%
Sweet clover (maximum)
9 per pound
45 per pound
Other varieties or off-types (maximum)
0.1%
1.0%
Germination (minimum)
65.0%
Germination less hard seed (minimum)
35.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.209 - Perennial cross-pollinated grasses (timothy, reed canarygrass, and orchardgrass)

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 209.
(1)
				  Timothy, reed canarygrass, and orchardgrass seed for the production of
				  foundation seed shall be planted where the same species has not been seeded or
				  grown for at least 5 years.
(2) To
				  be eligible for the production of timothy, reed canarygrass, and orchardgrass
				  certified seed, a field shall not have grown or been seeded to the same species
				  during the previous 2 calendar years unless either the crop was of the same
				  variety and the same or a higher seed class and passed field inspection for
				  certification or had been summer fallowed for 2 full seasons before seeding to
				  another variety. Fall seeding is permitted in the second year.
(3) The certifying agency will determine the
				  length of time that fields will be eligible for certification.
(4) Fields shall be rogued before harvest to
				  remove off-type plants and other grasses or weeds which have seed that cannot
				  be removed by mechanical means.
(5)
				  Field standards for timothy, reed canarygrass, and orchardgrass seed are as
				  follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Other varieties 1
none
1:50
Isolation (feet)2
1,320
1653
1 Maximum permitted ratio of plants.
2 When different classes of seed of the same variety are
					 being grown on the same or adjacent farms, the isolation requirements may be
					 reduced to 25.0% of these distances.
3
(a) For fields
				  that are certifiable except for isolation, the field boundary may be
				  established by placing permanent 5-foot posts, 90 feet from the offending
				  field, on either edge of the field. The crop between the newly established
				  boundary lines and the offending field may be removed after flowering as a
				  separate field. The crop may be harvested as uncertified seed.
(b) When 2 fields are separated by a natural
				  or permanent barrier, such as a township, county, state, or federal highway,
				  drainage ditch, or tree or shrub row, the isolation may consist of a 15-foot
				  strip next to the barrier that can be either destroyed by mowing after bloom,
				  but before harvest, or harvested as uncertified seed. The barrier shall be free
				  of headed plants of the crop being inspected.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.211 - Lupine

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 211.
(1) A
				  field shall not be eligible for certification if lupines were grown in the same
				  field the previous year, unless the previous crop was grown from certified or
				  foundation seed of the same variety.
(2) Field inspections shall be made when the
				  field is in full bloom.
(3) Lupine
				  fields that produce certified seed shall be isolated by a distance of not less
				  than 660 feet from fields of any other variety of lupines or fields of the same
				  variety that are not in compliance with the varietal purity requirements for
				  certification.
(4) Field standards
				  for lupine seed are as follows:
Factor
Foundation
Maximum Each Class Certified
Other varieties or off-types
0.02%
0.1%
(5) Seed standards for lupine seed are as
				  follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
98.0%
98.0%
Other varieties or off-types (maximum)
0.1%
0.5%
Other crop seeds (maximum)
none
1 per pound
Inert matter (maximum)
2.0%
2.0%
Weed seeds
none
none
Germination (minimum)
85.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.212 - Adzuki beans

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 212.
(1) One
				  field inspection will be made before harvest on all fields of adzuki beans that
				  are eligible for certification.
(2)
				  Stage of inspection - the field inspection shall be made at the time of leaf
				  drop, just before harvest.
(3)
				  Field standards for adzuki bean seed are as follows:
Factor
Foundation
Maximum Each Class Certified
Other variety or off-types (maximum)
.05%
.5%
Other inseparable crops
none
none
(4) Seed standards for adzuki bean seed are
				  as follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
99.0%
99.0%
Inert matter (maximum)
1.0%
1.0%
Weeds (maximum)
none
none
Other crops (maximum)
1 per 3 pounds
1 per pound
Other varieties or off-types (maximum)
.05%
.5%
Germination (minimum)
90.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.213 - Perennial pea

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 213.
(1)
				  Perennial pea seed shall be planted on land on which the same crop has not been
				  previously grown for a minimum of 5 years for producing foundation seed and 2
				  years for producing certified seed. During the year immediately before seeding,
				  the land shall have been in a cultivated crop or fallow and shall be free of
				  volunteer perennial pea plants as determined by field inspection. Manure or
				  other contaminating amendments shall not be applied during the established and
				  productive life of the stand.
(2)
				  Any portion of a field that is not to be inspected shall be mowed before
				  flowering.
(3) Limitations on the
				  age of stand and pedigree classes of seed through which a variety may be
				  multiplied shall be specified by the originator, but shall not exceed the
				  limitations that are established by the certifying agency.
(4) Field standards for perennial pea seed
				  are as follows:
Classes of Seed
Certified
Foundation
Less than or more
Less than or more
Factor
5 acres
5 acres
5 acres
5 acres
Other varieties or off-types (maximum) Vetch, Vicia
								spp.
1 plant per acre
1 plant per acre
5 plants per acre
5 plants per acre
None
none
(maximum)
1 plants
1 plants
per acre per
acre
Isolation from flowering plants of other varieties or
								uninspected plants (minimum)
900 feet
600 feet
330 feet
165 feet
Isolation between different seed classes of the same
								variety (minimum)
225 feet
150 feet
85 feet
45 feet
(5) Seed standards for perennial pea seed are
				  as follows:
Classes of Seed
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
97.0%
97.0%
Inert matter (maximum)
3.0%
3.0%
Weeds (maximum)
0.1%
0.5%
Prohibited noxious
none
none
Restricted noxious
27 per pound
45 per pound
Other crops (maximum)
0.1%
0.1%
Vetch, Vicia spp. (maximum)
10 per pound
45 per pound
Other varieties or off-types (maximum)
0.1%
0.1%
Germination (minimum)
60.0%
Germination less hard seed (minimum)
30.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.214 - Foundation corn; inbred lines

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 214.
(1) An
				  inbred line is a relatively true breeding strain of corn that results from not
				  less than 5 successive generations of controlled self-fertilization with
				  selection.
(2) Inbred increase
				  fields must be isolated by a distance of not less than 660 feet from other corn
				  or like color or texture and by a distance of not less than 1,320 feet from
				  corn of a different color or texture.
However, the isolation distances must not apply when
					 increase is by hand-pollination.
(3) Inbred lines are eligible for
				  certification when used in the production of certified hybrids.
(4) Fields must be inspected by the
				  certifying agency not less than 4 times during the pollinating period. Roguing
				  for off-type plants must be performed before any pollen discharge. An inbred
				  that has more than 0.1% definitely off-type plants or more than 1.0% of
				  doubtful-type plants must not be certified.
(5) A seed lot of an inbred line must not
				  have more than 0.1% definitely off-type ears or more than 0.2% ears with
				  of-color kernels as determined by an ear inspection or winter grow out
				  test.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.215 - Foundation corn; single cross hybrids

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 215.
(1) A
				  single cross hybrid must consist of the first generation of a cross between 2
				  certified inbred lines.
(2) A
				  single cross crossing field must be isolated by a distance of not less than 660
				  feet from other corn of like color or texture and 1,320 feet from corn of a
				  different color of texture.
(3) All
				  of the following field inspection standards must be complied with:
(a) Fields must be inspected by the
				  certifying agency not less than 4 times during the pollinating
				  period.
(b) Seed parent plants that
				  are capable of producing viable pollen must be detasseled.
(c) When 5.0% or more of the seed parent
				  plants in a crossing field have apparently receptive silks, the field is
				  ineligible for certification if shedders comprise more than 0.5% of the seed
				  parent plants on any 1 inspection or exceed an accumulative total of more than
				  1.0% for any 3 consecutive inspections.
(d) A shedder is a seed parent plant that has
				  more than 1 lineal inch of tassel area with anthers shedding pollen.
(e) One or more seed parent lines growing in
				  the same isolation and having more than 5.0% apparently receptive silks are
				  ineligible for certification if 1 or more of the seed parent lines have more
				  than 0.5% shedders, unless the plants in the area that have excess receptive
				  silks are destroyed.
(f) Roguing
				  for off-type plants must be performed before the time of pollen
				  discharge.
(g) A crossing field in
				  which more than 0.1% definitely off-type plants or more than 1.0% doubtful-type
				  plants in the pollen parent have shed pollen must not be certified.
(h) At the time of the last inspection, the
				  seed parent in a crossing field must not contain more than 0.1% definitely
				  off-type plants or 1.0% of doubtful-type plants.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 2 - FIELD CROP STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.216 - Certified single cross, double cross, and 3-way hybrids

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 216.
(1) A
				  double cross hybrid is the first generation of a cross between 2 single cross
				  hybrids. A 3-way cross hybrid is the first generation of a cross between a
				  single cross hybrid and an inbred line.
(2) A certified double cross of 3-way corn
				  hybrid shall be produced from foundation seed (single cross or inbreds or both)
				  that has been produced under the inspection of the official seed-certifying
				  agency or a seed-producing agency which is recommended by the Michigan state
				  university agricultural experiment station and the official certifying agency
				  and which is approved by the director of the department of
				  agriculture.
(3) All of the
				  following isolation standards shall be complied with:
(a) A crossing field shall be so located that
				  the seed parent is not less than 660 feet from corn of a different color or
				  texture. When the contaminating source is the same color or texture of corn,
				  the distance can be modified by the size of the crossing field and by planting
				  border rows of pollen parent in accordance with the following table:
Field Size in Acres
Minimum 9 or
40 or
Border
less
10-19
20-29
30-39
more
Rows
Distance
660
627
594
561
545
2
(in feet)
577
544
511
478
462
4
of seed 495
462
429
396
330
6
rows
412
379
346
313
290
8
from
330
297
264
231
214
10
other 247
214
181
165
165
12
corn
165
148
115
66
66
14
(b) Border rows to offset a lack of isolation
				  distance shall be planted adjacent to the exposed side or sides of the crossing
				  field and shall produce an abundance of viable pollen at the time the seed
				  parent silks are receptive.
(c)
				  Insufficient isolation distance can be offset by destroying a portion of the
				  seed parent in a manner and at a time specified by the official certifying
				  agency.
(d) Two or more hybrids may
				  be produced in the same field if the same pollen parent is used.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 3 - TURFGRASS SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.301 - Application for inspection and certification

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 301.
(1) An
				  application for inspection and certification of turfgrass seed shall be made to
				  the seed-certifying agency by May 1 of each year in which seed is
				  produced.
(2) If a field, other
				  than an annual ryegrass field, is not inspected by the seed-certifying agency
				  for 2 consecutive years, it is ineligible for production of foundation or
				  certified seed.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 3 - TURFGRASS SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.302 - Isolation

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 302.
(1) A
				  field that is used for the production of certified seed shall be in compliance
				  with the minimum specified isolation distances from fields of any other variety
				  of the same species or closely related species, unless the field is used to
				  produce seed of the same variety and generation and is certified. A field that
				  produces seed of the same variety, but of a different generation, shall be
				  isolated by a distance of 25.0% of the specified distance between varieties.
				  This standard is to apply to all turfgrass crops unless otherwise noted in the
				  specific crop standards. An adequate distance between seed crops shall be
				  maintained to prevent mechanical mixture.
(2) If a bluegrass variety is less than 80.0%
				  apomictic, then a 900-foot isolation distance from other varieties is required
				  if a field is used to produce foundation seed and a 165-foot isolation distance
				  is required if a field is used to produce seed of a certified class.
(3) An isolation strip may be used for any of
				  the following purposes:
(a) To produce a crop
				  of another species.
(b) To grow the
				  same species, but the strip shall be cut to prevent seed production.
(c) To grow the same species, but seed from
				  the isolation strip shall be harvested separately and conditioned as
				  uncertified. Reinspections in the field and warehouse will be made to insure
				  that this identity is maintained.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 3 - TURFGRASS SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.303 - Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne and Lolium hybridum)

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 303.
(1) Land
				  shall not have grown, or have been seeded to, any other variety of perennial
				  ryegrass during the previous 5 years to be eligible to produce foundation seed.
				  Land shall not have grown, or have been seeded to, any other variety of
				  perennial ryegrass during the previous 2 years to produce certified seed unless
				  the seed is of the same variety and class and is certified.
(2) Perennial ryegrass shall be planted in
				  distinct rows.
(3) Limitations on
				  the age of stand and pedigree classes of seed through which a variety may be
				  multiplied shall be specified by the originator, but shall not exceed the
				  limitations that are established by the certifying agency.
(4) Field standards for perennial ryegrass
				  seed are as follows:
Classes
of Seed
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Other varieties (maximum)
none
1.0%
Isolation1, 2, 3
Less than 5 acres (minimum)
2,640 feet
330 feet
More than 5 acres (minimum)
900 feet
165 feet
1 This distance shall be maintained from all varieties of
					 ryegrass. Diploid ryegrass varieties need not be isolated from tetraploid
					 ryegrass varieties, except for a distance of 15 feet to prevent mechanical
					 mixture.
2 Fields that are used to produce foundation perennial
					 ryegrass seed shall be isolated a minimum distance of 330 feet from tall
					 fescue.
3 See R 285.623.302 - Isolation.
(5) Seed standards for perennial ryegrass
				  seed are as follows:
Classes
of Seed
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Total ryegrass (minimum)
97.0%
97.0%
Other ryegrass (maximum)
0.1%
3.0%
Crop other than ryegrass (maximum)
0.1%
0.5%
Total other crop including other
ryegrass (maximum)
0.2%
3.5%
Inert matter (maximum)
3.0%
3.0%
Weed seed (maximum)
0.15%
0.5%
Prohibited noxious weeds (maximum
) none
none
Restricted noxious weeds and
St. Johnswart, docks, sheep
sorrel, bedstraw (maximum)
27 per pound
45 per pound
Germination (minimum)
85.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 3 - TURFGRASS SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.304 - Annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum and Lolium rigidum)

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 304.
(1) Land
				  shall not have grown, or have been seeded to annualryegrass during the previous
				  5 years, unless the land was used to produceannual ryegrass seed that is of the
				  same variety and class and iscertified. Land shall not have grown, or have been
				  seeded to perennial ryegrass during the previous 5 years to produce foundation
				  seed, and the previous 2 years to produce certified seed.
(2) Annual ryegrass shall be planted in
				  distinct rows.
(3) Field standards
				  for annual ryegrass seed are as follows:
Classes of Seed
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Other varieties (maximum)
none
1.0%
Isolation 1, 2,
Less than 5 acres (minimum)
2,640 feet
330 feet
More than 5 acres (minimum)
900 feet
165 feet
1 This distance shall be maintained from all varieties of
					 ryegrass, either annual or perennial. Diploid ryegrass varieties need not
					 beisolated from tetraploid ryegrass varieties, except for a distance of 15 feet
					 to prevent mechanical mixture.
2 See R 285.623.302 - Isolation.
(4) Seed standards for annual ryegrass seed
				  are as follows:
Classes of Seed
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Total ryegrass (minimum)
97.0%
97.0%
Other ryegrass (maximum)
0.1%
3.0%
Crop other than ryegrass (maximum)
0.1%
0.5%
Total other crop including other
ryegrass (maximum)
0.2%
2.5%
Inert matter (maximum)
3.0%
3.0%
Weed seed (maximum)
0.15%
0.3%
Prohibited noxious weeds (maximum
) none
none
Restricted noxious weeds and St.
Johnswart, docks, sheep sorrel,
bedstraw (maximum)
27 per pound
45 per pound
Germination (minimum)
90.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 3 - TURFGRASS SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.305 - Bluegrass (Poa spp.)

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 305.
(1) The
				  standards of this rule for bluegrass include Kentucky, rough, and big
				  bluegrasses.
(2) To be eligible to
				  produce bluegrass certified seed, land shall not have grown, or have been
				  seeded to, bluegrass during the previous 3 years, unless the previous crop was
				  of the same variety and class and was certified. To produce foundation seed,
				  land shall have been free of bluegrass for 5 years.
(3) Bluegrass shall be planted in distinct
				  rows.
(4) Limitations on the age of
				  stand and pedigree classes of seed through which a variety may be multiplied
				  shall be specified by the originator, but shall not exceed the limitations that
				  are established by the certifying agency.
(5) Field standards for bluegrass seed are as
				  follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Other varieties (maximum) 1
none
2.0%
Isolation!, 3 (minimum)
165 feet
165 feet
1 Includes off-type plants as may be designated by the
					 varietal description.
2 See R 285.623.302 - Isolation.
3 Mechanical isolation is required between rough bluegrass
					 and Kentucky bluegrass.
(6) Seed
				  standards for bluegrass seed are as follows:
Other America Varieties
Merion
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Certified
Pure seed (minimum) 92.0%
95.0%
95.0%
Other crop (maximum) 0.25%1
0.1%
0.25%1
Inert matter (maximum) 5.0%
5.0%
8.0%
Weed seed2 (maximum) 0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
Prohibited noxious weeds (maximum)
none
none
none
Restricted noxious weeds and St. Johnswart, docks,
								sheep sorrel, bedstraw (maximum) per pound
27 per pound
45 per pound
45
Germination (minimum)
--
75.0%
75.0%
1 Common Kentucky bluegrass is limited to 3.0%) in merion,
					 sabre, and colt rough bluegrass and 2.0%) in all other varieties.
2 Annual bluegrass is not allowed in foundation
					 seed.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 3 - TURFGRASS SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.306 - Fine fescue (Festuca rubra, Sub var rubra, Falla x, Ovina var duruiscula)

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 306.
(1) The
				  standards of this rule for fine fescue include chewings, red, and hard
				  fescues.
(2) To be eligible to
				  produce fine fescue foundation seed, land shall not have grown, or have been
				  seeded to, this species during the previous 5 years. Land shall not have grown,
				  or have been seeded to, fine fescue grasses during the previous 18 months to
				  produce certified seed, unless the previous crop was of the same variety and
				  class and was certified.
(3) Fine
				  fescue shall be planted in distinct rows.
(4) Limitations on the age of stand and
				  pedigree classes of seed through which a variety may be multiplied shall be
				  specified by the originator, but shall not exceed the limitations that are
				  established by the certifying agency.
(5) Field standards for fine fescue seed are
				  as follows:
Factor
Foundation
Classes of Seed Certified
Other varieties (maximum)1
none
1.0%
Isolation 2, 3
Less than 5 acres (minimum)
1,320 feet
330 feet
More than 5 acres (minimum)
900 feet
165 feet
1 Includes off-type plants.
2 Hard fescue need not be isolated from red or chewings
					 fescue.
3 See R 285.623.302 - Isolation.
(6) Seed standards for fine fescue seed are
				  as follows:
Cl
asses of Seed
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
98.0%
97.0%
Other crop (maximum)
0.1%
0.25%
Inert matter (maximum)
2.0%
3.0%
Weed seed (maximum)
0.1%
0.3%
Prohibited noxious weeds (maximum)
none
none
Restricted noxious weeds and St.
Johnswart, docks, sheep sorrel,
bedstraw (maximum)
27 per pound
45 per pound
Germination (minimum)
85.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 3 - TURFGRASS SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.307 - Tall fescues (Festuca arundinacea)

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 307.
(1) Land
				  shall not have grown, or have been seeded to, tall fescue during the previous 5
				  years to be eligible to produce foundation seed. Land shall not have grown, or
				  been seeded to, tall fescue grasses during the previous 2 years to produce
				  certified seed, unless the previous crop was of the same variety and class and
				  was certified.
(2) Tall fescue
				  shall be planted in distinct rows.
(3) Limitations on the age of stand and
				  pedigree classes of seed through which a variety may be multiplied shall be
				  specified by the originator, but shall not exceed the limitations that are
				  established by the certifying agency.
(4) Field standards for tall fescue seed are
				  as follows:
Classes of Seed
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Other varieties (maximum)1
none
1.0%
Isolation 2, 3
Less than 5 acres (minimum)
1,320 feet
330 feet
More than 5 acres (minimum)
900 feet
165 feet
1 Includes off-type plants.
2 See R 285.623.302 - Isolation.
3 Fields that are used for the production of foundation
					 tall fescue seed shall be isolated a minimum distance of 330 feet from
					 perennial ryegrass.
(5) Seed standards
				  for tall fescue seed are as follows:
Classes of Seed
Factor
Foundation
Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
98.0%
98.0%
Other crops (maximum)
0.1%
0.5%
Inert matter (maximum)
2.0%
2.0%
Weed seed (maximum)
0.3%
0.3%
Prohibited noxious weeds (maximum) none
none
Restricted noxious weeds and St.
Johnswart, docks, sheep sorrel,
bedstraw (maximum)
27 per pound
45 per pound
Germination (minimum)
90.0%
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 4 - SOD QUALITY SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.401 - Labeling of sod quality for varieties of turfgrass seed

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 401. In addition to the labeling requirements of Act
					 No. 329 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being S286.701 et seq. of the
					 Michigan Compiled Laws and Act No. 221 of the Public Acts of 1959, as amended,
					 being S286.71 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and the rules promulgated
					 thereunder, if seed is found to meet the sod quality standards established in R
					 285.623.404, the seed kinds or kinds and varieties may be labeled with the
					 words "Michigan sod quality seed" by permanently attaching a tag to the
					 container, as prescribed in R 285.623.402.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 4 - SOD QUALITY SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.402 - Description and use of tags for sod quality seed

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 402.
(1) The
				  official Michigan sod quality seed tag that is referred to in R 285.623.401
				  shall be prepared and issued by the director, be numerically identified, and
				  set forth the kind and variety, lot number, test date, and date of issuance.
				  Duplicate sod quality tags shall be attached to each container of the lot of
				  seed that qualifies as sod quality. A person shall not attach a sod quality
				  seed tag to any container or lot of seed that is not qualified as set forth on
				  the tag and shall not remove a sod quality seed tag before delivery of the seed
				  to the ultimate purchaser.
(2) An
				  official tag shall be of a size, color, and format as determined by the
				  director of the department of agriculture.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 4 - SOD QUALITY SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.403 - Application, fees, and procedure for sod quality qualifications

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 403. A person who desires to have his or her seed
					 qualify as Michigan sod quality seed shall request, in writing, that the
					 official seed-certifying agency obtain seed samples for this purpose. If the
					 sampling and analysis is apart from, and in addition to, the sampling and
					 analysis that is performed by the official seed-certifying agency in its other
					 certification activities, the person who requests the sampling and analysis
					 shall pay, to the certifying agency, any fees as authorized by section 3 of Act
					 No. 221 of the Public Acts of 1959, as amended, being S286.71 et seq. of the
					 Michigan Compiled Laws. The analysis of seed samples shall be performed by
					 authorized personnel of the official seed-certifying agency in accordance with
					 the standards prescribed in R 285.623.404. If the sample that is subject to
					 analysis for Michigan sod quality seed qualification is from a regularly
					 certified seed lot, only part of which is to be qualified as Michigan sod
					 quality seed, then a separate sample shall be required from that part of the
					 lot to be so qualified.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 623 - Field Seed Certification › Part 4 - SOD QUALITY SEED STANDARDS › Section R. 285.623.404 - Standards for sod quality certification

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 404.
(1) The
				  seed lots that are submitted for sod quality certification shall be in
				  compliance with all of the standards established by these rules and with
				  standards that are established in cooperation with the seed-certifying
				  agency.
(2) Noxious weed and crop
				  and weed analyses shall be based on a 25-gram sample for bluegrass, except that
				  a 10-gram sample is required for a Poa annua search, a 30-gram sample for fine
				  fescue, and a 50-gram sample for ryegrass and tall fescue. Testing shall be
				  discontinued when results of the tests exceed the maximum limits set forth in
				  subrule (3) of this rule.
(3) Seed
				  standards for Michigan sod quality seed for Kentucky bluegrass, red fescue,
				  chewings fescue, perennial ryegrass, and tall fescue are as follows:
Minimum
Minimum
Maximum1
Maximum4
Kind
Purity
Germination
Other crop
Weed
Perennial ryegrass
98%
90%
0.1%2
.02%
Merion Kentucky .02%
95%
80%
0.1%3
bluegrass
Other varieties of
97%
80%
0.1%3
.02%
Kentucky bluegrass
Red fescue
98%
90%
0.1%
.02%
Chewings fescue 98%
90%
0.1%
.02%
Tall fescue
98.5%
90%
0.1%
.02%
1 Shall be free of ryegrass, orchardgrass, timothy,
					 bentgrass, big bluegrass, poa trivialis, smooth bromegrass, reed canary grass,
					 tall fescue, and clover. When the base sample is one of these kinds, the
					 species will not be considered a contaminant; for example, ryegrass in
					 ryegrass.
2 Certification fluorescence levels and appropriate
					 calculations will be applied when determining levels of other crops.
3 The maximum other varieties of Kentucky bluegrass allowed
					 is 2.0%; The maximum allowed Canada bluegrass is .02%.
4 Shall be free of all of the following:
(a) Dock, Rumex spp.
(b) Chickweed, Cerastium spp. and Stellaria
				  media.
(c) Crabgrass, Digitaria
				  spp.
(d) Plantain, Plantago
				  spp.
(e) Black medic, Medicago
				  lupulina.
(f) Annual bluegrass, Poa
				  annua.
(g) Velvetgrass, Holcus
				  spp.
(h) Prohibited noxious weed
				  seeds.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 627 - Care of Nursery Stock In Sales Outlets › Section R. 285.627.1 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Balled stock" means nursery stock
				removed from the growing site with a portion of the root system intact in a
				ball of the soil in which the plant was grown, the diameter and depth of such
				soil ball to be as specified in the publication entitled "American Standards
				for Nursery Stock," dated February 1, 1973, which is published by, and
				available from, the American Association of Nurserymen, 230 Southern Building,
				Washington, D.C. 20005, at a cost of $2.00. The publication may also be
				inspected at, or obtained from, the Michigan Department of Agriculture, Plant
				Industry Division, Lewis Cass Building, Post Office Box 30017, Lansing,
				Michigan 48909; the cost, when obtained from the department, is
				$2.00.
(b) "Container-grown stock"
				means nursery stock grown in a container, with a root system completely
				established in soil or other growing media.
(c) "Manufactured ball" means a bound ball of
				soil or other growing media in which the roots of nursery stock have been
				placed with the intended purpose of establishing a root system in the
				media.
(d) "Packaged nursery stock"
				means nursery stock prepared for merchandising with the roots wrapped in a
				moisture-holding media, other than soil, with no intention of establishing a
				root system in the media.
(e)
				"Potted stock" means nursery stock offered for sale with the root system in
				soil and in a rigid or semi-rigid container in which the plant was not grown
				and established.