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PART 201—FEDERAL SEED ACT REGULATIONS

• 201.1—Meaning of words.
• 201.2—Terms defined.
• 201.3—Administrator.
• 201.4—Maintenance and accessibility.
• 201.5—Origin.
• 201.6—Germination.
• 201.7—Purity (including variety).
• 201.7a—Treated seed.
• 201.8—Contents of the label.
• 201.9—Kind.
• 201.10—Variety.
• 201.11—Type.
• 201.11a—Hybrid.
• 201.12—Name of kind and variety.
• 201.12a—Lawn and turf seed mixtures.
• 201.13—Lot number or other identification.
• 201.14—Origin.
• 201.15—Weed seeds.
• 201.16—Noxious-weed seeds.
• 201.17—Noxious-weed seeds in the District of Columbia.
• 201.18—Other agricultural seeds (crop seeds).
• 201.19—Inert matter.
• 201.20—Germination.
• 201.21—Hard seed.
• 201.22—Date of test.
• 201.23—Name of shipper or consignee.
• 201.24—Code designation.
• 201.24a—Inoculated seed.
• 201.25—Contents of the label.
• 201.26—Kind, variety, and hybrid.
• 201.27—Name of shipper or consignee.
• 201.28—Code designation.
• 201.29—Germination of vegetable seed in containers of 1 pound or less.
• 201.29a—Germination of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound.
• 201.30—Hard seed.
• 201.30a—Date of test.
• 201.30b—Lot number or other lot identification of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound.
• 201.31—Germination standards for vegetable seeds in interstate commerce.
• 201.31a—Labeling treated seed.
• 201.32—Screenings.
• 201.33—Seed in bulk or large quantities; seed for cleaning or processing.
• 201.34—Kind, variety, and type; treatment substances; designation as hybrid.
• 201.35—Blank spaces.
• 201.36—The words “free” and “none.”
• 201.36a—Disclaimers and nonwarranties.
• 201.36b—Name of kind and variety; designation as hybrid.
• 201.36c—Hermetically-sealed containers.
• 201.37—Authorization.
• 201.38—Importations.
• 201.39—General procedure.
• 201.40—Bulk.
• 201.41—Bags.
• 201.42—Small containers.
• 201.43—Size of sample.
• 201.44—Forwarding samples.
• 201.45—Obtaining the working sample.
• 201.46—Weight of working sample.
• 201.47—Separation.
• 201.47a—Seed unit.
• 201.47b—Working samples.
• 201.48—Kind or variety considered pure seed.
• 201.49—Other crop seed.
• 201.50—Weed seed.
• 201.51—Inert matter.
• 201.51a—Special procedures for purity analysis.
• 201.51b—Purity procedures for coated seed.
• 201.52—Noxious-weed seeds.
• 201.53—Source of seeds for germination.
• 201.54—Number of seeds for germination.
• 201.55—Retests.
• 201.55a—Moisture and aeration of substratum.
• 201.56—Interpretation.
• 201.56-1—Goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, and Carpetweed family, Aizoaceae.
• 201.56-2—Sunflower family, Asteraceae (Compositae).
• 201.56-3—Mustard family, Brassicaceae (Cruciferae).
• 201.56-4—Cucurbit family, (Cucurbitaceae).
• 201.56-5—Grass family, Poaceae (Gramineae).
• 201.56-6—Legume or pea family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae).
• 201.56-7—Lily family, Liliaceae.
• 201.56-8—Flax family, Linaceae.
• 201.56-9—Mallow family, Malvaceae.
• 201.56-10—Spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
• 201.56-11—Knotweed family, Polygonaceae.
• 201.56-12—Miscellaneous plant families.
• 201.57—Hard seeds.
• 201.57a—Dormant seeds.
• 201.58—Substrata, temperature, duration of test, and certain other specific directions for testing for germination and hard seed.
• 201.58a—Indistinguishable seeds.
• 201.58b—Origin.
• 201.58c—Detection of captan, mercury, or thiram on seed.
• 201.58d—Fungal endophyte test.
• 201.59—Application.
• 201.60—Purity percentages.
• 201.61—Fluorescence percentages in ryegrasses.
• 201.62—Tests for determination of percentages of kind, variety, type, hybrid, or offtype.
• 201.63—Germination.
• 201.64—Pure live seed.
• 201.65—Noxious weed seeds in interstate commerce.
• 201.67—Seed certifying agency standards and procedures.
• 201.68—Eligibility requirements for certification of varieties.
• 201.69—Classes of certified seed.
• 201.70—Limitations of generations for certified seed.
• 201.71—Establishing the source of all classes of certified seed.
• 201.72—Production of all classes of certified seed.
• 201.73—Processors and processing of all classes of certified seed.
• 201.74—Labeling of all classes of certified seed.
• 201.75—Interagency certification.
• 201.76—Minimum Land, Isolation, Field, and Seed Standards.
• 201.77—Length of stand requirements.
• 201.78—Pollen control for hybrids.