Title 7, Part 201 — Federal Seed Act Requirements

Meaning of words.

Terms defined.

Administrator.

Maintenance and accessibility.

Origin.

Germination.

Purity (including variety).

Treated seed.

Contents of the label.

Kind.

Variety.

Type.

Hybrid.

Name of kind and variety.

Seed mixtures.

Lot number or other identification.

Origin.

Weed seeds.

Noxious-weed seeds.

Noxious-weed seeds in the District of Columbia.

Other agricultural seeds.

Inert matter.

Germination

Hard seed or dormant seed.

Date of test.

Seller and buyer information.

Code designation.

Inoculated seed.

Contents of the label.

Kind, variety, and hybrid.

Vegetable seed mixtures.

Seller and buyer information.

Code designation.

Germination of vegetable seed in containers of 1 pound or less.

Germination of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound.

Hard seed.

Date of test.

Lot number or other lot identification of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound.

Noxious-weed seeds of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound.

Minimum germination standards for vegetable seeds in interstate commerce.

Labeling treated seed.

Screenings.

Seed in bulk or large quantities; seed for cleaning or processing.

Kind, variety, and type; treatment substances; designation as hybrid.

Blank spaces.

The words “free” and “none.”

Disclaimers and nonwarranties.

Name of kind and variety; designation as hybrid.

Hermetically-sealed containers.

Authorization.

[Reserved]

General procedure.

Bulk.

Bags.

Small containers.

Size of sample.

Forwarding samples.

Obtaining the working sample.

Weight of working sample.

Separation.

Seed unit.

Working samples.

Kind or variety considered pure seed.

Other crop seed.

Weed seed.

Inert matter.

Special procedures for purity analysis.

Purity procedures for coated seed.

Noxious-weed seeds.

Source of seeds for germination.

Number of seeds for germination.

Retests.

Moisture and aeration of substratum.

Interpretation.

Goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, and Carpetweed family, Aizoaceae.

Sunflower family, Asteraceae (Compositae).

Mustard family, Brassicaceae (Cruciferae).

Cucurbit family, (Cucurbitaceae).

Grass family, Poaceae (Gramineae).

Legume or pea family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae).

Lily family, Liliaceae.

Flax family, Linaceae.

Mallow family, Malvaceae.

Spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.

Knotweed family, Polygonaceae.

Miscellaneous plant families.

Hard seeds.

Dormant seeds.

Substrata, temperature, duration of test, and certain other specific directions for testing for germination and hard seed.

Indistinguishable seeds.

Origin.

Detection of captan, mercury, or thiram on seed.

Fungal endophyte test.

Application.

Purity percentages.

Fluorescence percentages in ryegrasses.

Tests for determination of percentages of kind, variety, type, hybrid, or offtype.

Germination.

Pure live seed.

Noxious-weed seeds in interstate commerce.

[Reserved]

Seed certifying agency standards and procedures.

Eligibility requirements for certification of varieties.

Classes of certified seed.

Limitations of generations for certified seed.

Establishing the source of all classes of certified seed.

Production of all classes of certified seed.

Processors and processing of all classes of certified seed.

Labeling of all classes of certified seed.

Interagency certification.

Minimum Land, Isolation, Field, and Seed Standards.

Length of stand requirements.

Pollen control for hybrids.