Open AccessThe role of field inspection in seed certification
Author(s) -
I.D. Eaden
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
grassland research and practice series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2463-4751
pISSN - 0110-8581
DOI - 10.33584/rps.1.1979.3278
Subject(s) - certification , cultivar , crop , agronomy , agricultural engineering , biology , engineering , political science , law
The New Zealand Seed Certification Scheme has operated for almost 50 years, 12 as a member of the OECD Herbage and Oil Seed Scheme. The objective is to ensure that seed of high cultivar purity is available to the grower having regard to the criteria laid down for the inspection of seed crops. These include the origin of the seed, paddock history, isolation, a field inspection of the growing crop at the optimum time for the detection of contamination with other cultivars and species and certain specific diseases and weeds. Key words: New Zealand seed certification, field inspection.