SOUTH DAKOTA SEED CERTIFICATION STANDARDS

Field Bean

Seed Certification Standards
(In Addition to the General Standards Listed on the Standard's Home Page )

I. Land Requirements
A. A crop will not be eligible for certification if planted on land that was in any class of field beans the preceding two years or soybeans the preceding year.

B. A field on which bacterial blight has been found will not be eligible to grow certified beans until it has been cropped three cropping seasons to crops other than beans and soybeans.

C. Dry land fields planted in rows closer than 18 inches and irrigated fields planted in rows closer than 24 inches shall not be eligible for certification.

II. Field Inspections
Three inspections shall be made for off-type and diseased plants by the certifying agency during the growing season.

III. Field Standards
A. The unit of certification shall be a field, or a portion of a field, separated from any other bean field by a definite boundary not in beans at least ten feet wide.

B. Poor stands, poor vigor, lack of uniformity, excess weeds or conditions which are apt to make inspection inaccurate shall be cause for rejection.

C. Specific Requirements

IV. Seed Standards

* Final certification will be contingent on the results of a seedling blight test. The grower shall be responsible for having a bacterial blight test on the harvested seed of each field of dry edible beans. A seed treatment to reduce surface bacterial contamination of the seed coat is recommended.

V. Tags
Each bag of seed sold as Certified must be packed in new bags and bear the official tag or label issued by the South Dakota Crop Improvement Association.

Web page last modified on March 06, 2000 by Kay Ruden.