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Part 201 — Federal Seed Act Requirements

113 sections · Title 7: Agriculture

§ 201.1Meaning of words.
§ 201.2Terms defined.
§ 201.3Administrator.
§ 201.4Maintenance and accessibility.
§ 201.5Origin.
§ 201.6Germination.
§ 201.7Purity (including variety).
§ 201.7aTreated seed.
§ 201.8Contents of the label.
§ 201.9Kind.
§ 201.10Variety.
§ 201.11Type.
§ 201.11aHybrid.
§ 201.12Name of kind and variety.
§ 201.12aSeed mixtures.
§ 201.13Lot number or other identification.
§ 201.14Origin.
§ 201.15Weed seeds.
§ 201.16Noxious-weed seeds.
§ 201.17Noxious-weed seeds in the District of Columbia.
§ 201.18Other agricultural seeds.
§ 201.19Inert matter.
§ 201.20Germination
§ 201.21Hard seed or dormant seed.
§ 201.22Date of test.
§ 201.23Seller and buyer information.
§ 201.24Code designation.
§ 201.24aInoculated seed.
§ 201.25Contents of the label.
§ 201.26Kind, variety, and hybrid.
§ 201.26aVegetable seed mixtures.
§ 201.27Seller and buyer information.
§ 201.28Code designation.
§ 201.29Germination of vegetable seed in containers of 1 pound or less.
§ 201.29aGermination of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound.
§ 201.30Hard seed.
§ 201.30aDate of test.
§ 201.30bLot number or other lot identification of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound.
§ 201.30cNoxious-weed seeds of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound.
§ 201.31Minimum germination standards for vegetable seeds in interstate commerce.
§ 201.31aLabeling treated seed.
§ 201.32Screenings.
§ 201.33Seed in bulk or large quantities; seed for cleaning or processing.
§ 201.34Kind, variety, and type; treatment substances; designation as hybrid.
§ 201.35Blank spaces.
§ 201.36The words “free” and “none.”
§ 201.36aDisclaimers and nonwarranties.
§ 201.36bName of kind and variety; designation as hybrid.
§ 201.36cHermetically-sealed containers.
§ 201.37Authorization.
§ 201.38§ 201.38 [Reserved]
§ 201.39General procedure.
§ 201.40Bulk.
§ 201.41Bags.
§ 201.42Small containers.
§ 201.43Size of sample.
§ 201.44Forwarding samples.
§ 201.45Obtaining the working sample.
§ 201.46Weight of working sample.
§ 201.47Separation.
§ 201.47aSeed unit.
§ 201.47bWorking samples.
§ 201.48Kind or variety considered pure seed.
§ 201.49Other crop seed.
§ 201.50Weed seed.
§ 201.51Inert matter.
§ 201.51aSpecial procedures for purity analysis.
§ 201.51bPurity procedures for coated seed.
§ 201.52Noxious-weed seeds.
§ 201.53Source of seeds for germination.
§ 201.54Number of seeds for germination.
§ 201.55Retests.
§ 201.55aMoisture and aeration of substratum.
§ 201.56Interpretation.
§ 201.56-1Goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, and Carpetweed family, Aizoaceae.
§ 201.56-2Sunflower family, Asteraceae (Compositae).
§ 201.56-3Mustard family, Brassicaceae (Cruciferae).
§ 201.56-4Cucurbit family, (Cucurbitaceae).
§ 201.56-5Grass family, Poaceae (Gramineae).
§ 201.56-6Legume or pea family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae).
§ 201.56-7Lily family, Liliaceae.
§ 201.56-8Flax family, Linaceae.
§ 201.56-9Mallow family, Malvaceae.
§ 201.56-10Spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
§ 201.56-11Knotweed family, Polygonaceae.
§ 201.56-12Miscellaneous plant families.
§ 201.57Hard seeds.
§ 201.57aDormant seeds.
§ 201.58Substrata, temperature, duration of test, and certain other specific directions for testing for germination and hard seed.
§ 201.58aIndistinguishable seeds.
§ 201.58bOrigin.
§ 201.58cDetection of captan, mercury, or thiram on seed.
§ 201.58dFungal endophyte test.
§ 201.59Application.
§ 201.60Purity percentages.
§ 201.61Fluorescence percentages in ryegrasses.
§ 201.62Tests for determination of percentages of kind, variety, type, hybrid, or offtype.
§ 201.63Germination.
§ 201.64Pure live seed.
§ 201.65Noxious-weed seeds in interstate commerce.
§ 201.66§ 201.66 [Reserved]
§ 201.67Seed certifying agency standards and procedures.
§ 201.68Eligibility requirements for certification of varieties.
§ 201.69Classes of certified seed.
§ 201.70Limitations of generations for certified seed.
§ 201.71Establishing the source of all classes of certified seed.
§ 201.72Production of all classes of certified seed.
§ 201.73Processors and processing of all classes of certified seed.
§ 201.74Labeling of all classes of certified seed.
§ 201.75Interagency certification.
§ 201.76Minimum Land, Isolation, Field, and Seed Standards.
§ 201.77Length of stand requirements.
§ 201.78Pollen control for hybrids.