Subchapter N. TOBACCO
GENERAL STANDARDS Sec.
115.361. Planting requirements.
115.362. Isolation.
115.363. Number of inspections.
115.364. Field standards.
115.365. Seed standards.
GENERAL STANDARDS
§ 115.361. Planting requirements.
(a) Tobacco fields shall be planted in their entirety with the same variety of the same stock. A new plant bed shall be used each year unless the bed is properly treated with a soil sterilant prior to seeding.
(b) Tobacco plants shall be produced in plant beds on the same farm on which the seed is being inspected for seed certification.
Source The provisions of this § 115.361 amended February 29, 1980, effective March 1, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 911; amended April 6, 1990, effective April 7, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 1878. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (48896).
§ 115.362. Isolation.
Tobacco seed plants shall be at least 150 feet from the same type of tobacco and 1,320 feet from varieties of any other type, except when protected from cross-pollination by bagging or when plants in neighboring or contaminating fields are topped before the blooming stage.
§ 115.363. Number of inspections.
One inspection shall be made, preferably, at the time when selected seed plants are in flower and surrounding plants have been topped.
Source The provisions of this § 115.363 amended April 6, 1990, effective April 7, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 1878. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (48896).
§ 115.364. Field standards.
(a) The following field standards apply to tobacco:
Maximum Permitted in Each Seed Class Factors foundation certified Off-type plants none none Varietal mixture none none Mosaic none none Ring-spot none none (b) ‘‘Varietal mixtures’’ shall include only plants that can be identified with reasonable certainty as another variety.
(c) Plants adjacent to a diseased ring-spot plant shall be topped.
Source The provisions of this § 115.364 amended April 6, 1990, effective April 7, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 1878. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (48896) to (48897).
§ 115.365. Seed standards.
The following seed standards shall apply to tobacco:
Percentage Permitted in Each Class Factors foundation certified Pure seed no standard 98% Weed seeds no standard none Germination no standard 80%
Source The provisions of this § 115.365 amended September 26, 1975, effective September 27, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 2522. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (1837).
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