# Title 74 — Seed Commission

## Article 74-03 — Seed Certification Standards

## Chapter 74-03-07.1 — Specific Crop Requirements - Buckwheat

### § 74-03-07.1-01. Land requirements.

A crop of buckwheat will not be eligible for certification if planted on land on which the same kind
was grown the year previous unless the previous crop was of the same variety and was inspected for
certification.
History: Effective May 1, 1986; amended effective July 1, 2010; October 1, 2012.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
### § 74-03-07.1-02. Field inspection.

All field inspection of buckwheat will be made in the bloom stage. A field harvested before
inspection will not be eligible for certification.
History: Effective May 1, 1986; amended effective January 2, 2006; October 1, 2012.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
### § 74-03-07.1-03. Field standards.

1. Isolation.
a. Prior to inspection, the field must be isolated from inseparable crops by a fence row,
natural boundary, or by a strip at least five feet [1.52 meters] wide which is either mowed,
sprayed, or uncropped.
b. All buckwheat fields producing certified seed must be isolated by at least six hundred
sixty feet [201.17 meters] from buckwheat fields of any other variety or fields of the same
variety that do not meet the varietal purity requirements for certification.
2. Specific field standards.
Maximum Tolerance
Factor Foundation Registered Certified
Other varieties * 1:10,000 1:5,000 1:2,000
Inseparable other crops 1:10,000 1:10,000 1:5,000
Prohibited weed seeds ** none none none
*Other varieties include plants that can be differentiated from the variety being inspected,
but shall not include variants characteristic of the variety.
**The tolerance for prohibited or objectionable weeds, or both, in the field will be determined
by the inspector.

History: Effective May 1, 1986; amended effective May 1, 1988; September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006;
July 1, 2010; October 1, 2012.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
### § 74-03-07.1-04. Seed standards.

Standards for Each Class
Factor Foundation Registered Certified
Pure seed (minimum) 99.0 percent 99.0 percent 99.0 percent
Total weed seeds (maximum) 2 per pound 5 per pound 10 per pound
Other varieties * 1 per 2 pounds 1 per pound 3 per pound
Other crop seeds (maximum) 1 per 2 pounds 1 per pound 3 per pound
Inert matter (maximum)** 1.0 percent 1.0 percent 1.0 percent
Prohibited weed seeds *** none none none
Objectionable weed seeds (maximum) **** 1 per 2 pounds 1 per 2 pounds 2 per pound
Germination 85.0 percent 85.0 percent 85.0 percent
*Other varieties shall not include variants characteristic of the variety.
**Foreign matter other than broken seed may not exceed 0.2 percent.
***Including the seeds of quackgrass.
****Objectionable weed seeds shall include the following: dodder, wild oats, hedge bindweed (wild morning glory),
giant ragweed (kinghead), falseflax, and dragonhead.
History: Effective May 1, 1986; amended effective September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006; July 1, 2010;
October 1, 2012.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
