PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
§ 113.1. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Applicant—An individual, partnership, association, cooperative or corporation applying for certification of a seed crop under this chapter.
Breeder class seed—Seed which is directly controlled by the originating or sponsoring plant breeder or institution, and which provides the source for the initial and recurring increase of Foundation seed.
Certification office—A unit of the Bureau of Plant Industry authorized by the Department to act as its representative in carrying out this chapter.
Certified—Seed classes, including Prenuclear seed potato, Breeder, Foundation, Registered and Certified which meet the required standard of quality.
Certified class seed—Seed which is the progeny of Foundation or Registered seed and is handled so that satisfactory genetic identity and purity for growing the desired product is maintained.
Conditioner—A processor or handler of seed after harvest.
Department—The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.
Field—An individual area of land for the crop under inspection, which is clearly defined by distinct lines of demarcation, such as fences, roads, natural barriers, other crops, mowed or an uncropped area. A field is the basic unit of certification.
Foundation class seed—Seed which is the progeny of Breeder seed and is handled so that specific genetic identity and purity as designated by the originating or sponsoring plant breeder or experiment station is maintained. Foundation seed may be used to produce Foundation seed only with the approval of the originating or sponsoring plant breeder or experiment station.
Grower—The person directly involved in growing or cultivating the seed crop entered into the certification program.
Inbred line—A relatively true-breeding strain resulting from at least five successive generations of controlled self-fertilization or of back-crossing to a recurrent parent with selection, or its equivalent, for specific characteristics.
Norm—The official description of the characteristics of a variety.
Off-type—A plant which can be identified as not conforming to the official norm of a variety.
Open-pollination—Pollination that occurs naturally as opposed to controlled pollination, such as by detasseling, cytoplasmic male sterility, self-incompatibility or similar processes.
Prenuclear seed potato—Potato plants or potato tubers which are:(i) Produced in a laboratory or greenhouse.
(ii) Propagated directly from tissue culture-grown plant material.
Registered class seed—Seed which is the progeny of Foundation seed and is handled so that genetic identity and purity suitable for the production of certified seed is maintained.
Rogue—An undesirable plant in a crop such as, off-type, other kind, other variety or weed.
Seed Act—3 Pa.C.S. Chapter 71 (relating to the Seed Act).
Seed lot or lot of seed—A definite quantity of seed identified by a lot number or other identification mark or label. With respect to Prenuclear seed potatoes, the term consists of plants derived from a single disease and variety-tested source and grown in a laboratory, or on one greenhouse bench or on some other discrete physical unit within a greenhouse to exclude mixing of soil, water or plant tissues between lots.
Tissue culture—The axenic growth of plant tissues in a synthetic medium under controlled environmental conditions.
Authority The provisions of this § 113.1 amended under The Pennsylvania Seed Act of 1965 (3 P. S. § § 285-1—285-11); and the act of April 11, 1929 (P. L. 488, No. 205) (3 P. S. § § 291—297); amended under 3 Pa.C.S. § § 7111 and 7117.
Source The provisions of this § 113.1 amended September 26, 1975, effective September 27, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 2522; amended April 6, 1990, effective April 7, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 1878; amended April 2, 1993, effective April 3, 1993, 23 Pa.B. 1558; amended May 22, 2009, effective June 22, 2009, 39 Pa.B. 2584. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (276718) to (276719).
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 115.451 (relating to purpose).
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