Section 20.10. Hybrid seed labeling.

 

(1)   Seed labeled as hybrid seed. If, in any container or lot of agricultural seed, at least 75 percent of the seeds of any kind or variety declared on the seed label are hybrid seeds, the label shall identify that kind or variety as hybrid seed. If less than 75 percent of the seeds of a declared kind or variety are hybrid seeds, the label may not identify that kind or variety as hybrid seed.

(2)   Hybrid percentage declared. If a seed label identifies a declared kind or variety of agricultural seed as hybrid seed, but less than 95 percent of the seeds of that kind or variety in the container or lot are hybrid seeds, the label shall declare the actual percentage of hybrid seeds. The label shall declare that percentage in parenthesis following the name of the kind or variety.

(3)   Hybrid considered separate variety. A hybrid version of a named seed variety is, for purposes of this chapter, a separate seed variety that shall be identified by a distinct variety name.

History: EmR1049 : emerg. cr., eff. 1-1-11; CR 10-107 : cr. Register June 2011 No. 666 , eff. 7-1-11.