Section 285.623.213. Perennial pea.

(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:

Certified

Classes of Seed Foundation

Less than               5 acres                    Less than               5 acres

Factor                                  5 acres    or more  5 acres     or more

Other varieties or	1 plant	1 plant	5 plants	5 plants
off-types (maximum)	per acre	per acre	per acre	per acre
Vetch, Vicia spp.	None		none		1 plant	1

plant

(maximum)                                                                                                      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%

History: 1994 AACS.