Section 285.623.208. Crownvetch.

(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:

Certified

Foundation

Classes of Seed

Less than5 acres    Less than 5 acres

Factor                                  5 acres    or more  5 acres     or more Other varieties or off-types

(maximum)                                       1 plant    1 plant    5 plants  5 plants per acre  per acre   per acre  per acre

Sweet clover (maximum)   none                       none                       1 plant    1 plant 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 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)                                                           0.1%

0.5%

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%

History: 1994 AACS.