Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XIII - Seeds › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Subchapter A - Definitions; Administrative Matters › Section XIII-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The definitions
				  in R.S.
				  3:1431 and the following definitions are
				  applicable to this Part.
Coated Seed
-any seed unit covered with any
					 substance that changes the size, shape, or weight of the original seed. Seeds
					 coated with ingredients such as, but not limited to, rhizobia, dyes, and
					 pesticides that do not significantly change the size, shape, or weight of the
					 original seed are excluded.
Declaration
-a written statement of a
					 grower, shipper, processor, dealer, or importer, given for any lot of seed the
					 kind, variety, type, origin, or the use for which the seed is intended.
Hermetically Sealed Container
-seed
					 containers that meet the requirements of Part 201; §201 36c of the USDA Federal
					 Seed Act Regulations. See
					 7 CFR
					 201.36c.
Hybrid Seed Corn
(as applied to field
					 corn, sweet corn, or popcorn)- the first generation seed of a cross produced by
					 controlling the pollination, and by combining two, three, or four inbred lines,
					 or by combining one inbred or a single cross with an open pollinated variety.
					 Hybrid designations shall be treated as variety names.
LAES
-Louisiana Agricultural Experiment
					 Station.
LDAF
-Louisiana Department of Agriculture
					 and Forestry.
Processing
-cleaning, scarifying or
					 blending to obtain uniform quality and other operations which would change the
					 purity or germination of the seed and, therefore require retesting to determine
					 the quality of the seed, but does not include operations such as packaging,
					 labeling, blending together of uniform lots of the same kind or variety without
					 cleaning, any of which would not require retesting to determine the quality of
					 the seed.
Prohibited Noxious Weed Seed
- the seeds
					 of weeds that not only reproduce by seed, but also spread underground roots or
					 stems, and which, when established, are highly destructive and difficult to
					 control in the state by ordinary good cultural practices. These seeds are
					 prohibited from being present in agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, or
					 shrub seed, or from being sold as a labeled seed kind.
Registered Seed Technologist
-as applied
					 in these regulations, means a seed technologist who has attained registered
					 membership in the Society of Commercial Seed Technologists (society) through
					 qualifying tests and experiences as required by the society.
Restricted Noxious Weed Seed
-seeds of such
					 weeds as are very objectionable in fields, lawns or gardens of this state, but
					 can be controlled by good cultural practices.
Seed Gathered in Elevators
-seed gathered
					 in elevators or other establishments to be sold for planting purposes by
					 farmers or other persons who are subject to the provisions of the Seed Law or
					 the rules and regulations in this Part.
Seed Law
-
					 R.S.
					 3:1431 et seq.
Treated
-given an application of a
					 substance or subjected to a process designed to reduce, control or repel
					 disease organisms, insects or other pests which attack seeds or seedlings
					 growing therefrom.
B. The
				  terms defined in
				  R.S.
				  3:1431 and in this Section have the meaning
				  herein given to them, except where a rule or regulation or the context
				  expressly indicates otherwise.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 3:1431 and
					 R.S.
					 3:1433.